# Commission Decision of 27 August 2007 on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza and related provisions for movements in the Netherlands (notified under document number C(2007) 3977) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2007/590/EC), Article 5: Restrictions on movements and dispatch of backyard poultry, including day-old chicks and hatching eggs derived from such poultry

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The competent authority shall ensure that no poultry, including day-old chicks and hatching eggs, derived from such poultry and originating from backyard poultry holdings where vaccination is carried out, may be moved to other poultry holdings within the Netherlands or dispatched to another Member State.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, and provided that they are individually identified, backyard poultry may be moved to other holdings of backyard poultry or temporarily gathered for shows and exhibitions:
(a) within the Netherlands;
(b) in another Member State following the agreement of the Member State of destination.
Any such movements or gatherings must be in accordance with the preventive vaccination plan, including the maintenance of records of such movements and gatherings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/590/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-590/article-5
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