# Commission Decision of 26 June 2008 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in Croatia and Switzerland (notified under document number C(2008) 3020) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/555/EC), Article 1

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

1. Member States shall suspend imports or the introduction into the Community from that part of the territory of Croatia referred to in paragraph 2(a) and from that part of the territory of Switzerland referred to in paragraph 2(b) of the following commodities:
(a) poultry as defined in Article 2(a) of Decision 2006/696/EC;
(b) hatching eggs as defined in Article 2(b) of Decision 2006/696/EC;
(c) birds as defined in Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 and their hatching eggs;
(d) meat, minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat of wild feathered game;
(e) meat products consisting of or containing meat of wild feathered game;
(f) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of wild feathered game;
(g) non-treated game trophies from any birds.
2. The suspension provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply to imports or the introduction into the Community from:
(a) as regards Croatia, all areas of the territory of Croatia for which the competent authorities of Croatia do formally apply protection measures that are equivalent to those laid down in Decision 2006/563/EC;
(b) as regards Switzerland, all areas of the territory of Switzerland for which the competent authorities of Switzerland do formally apply protection measures that are equivalent to those laid down in Decisions 2006/415/EC and 2006/563/EC.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(e), Member States shall authorise imports and the introduction into the Community of meat products consisting of or containing meat of wild feathered game under the condition that the meat of these species has undergone at least one of the specific treatments referred to under points B, C or D in Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/555/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-555/article-1
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