{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-247/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-247/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2009/247",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 16 March 2009 amending Decision 2003/322/EC as regards the feeding of certain species of necrophagous birds in Bulgaria with certain category 1 material (notified under document number C(2009) 1670) (Only the Bulgarian, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/247/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-247",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Decision 2003/322/EC is amended as follows:\n1.. Article 1 is replaced by the following:\n‘Implementing rules on the feeding of necrophagous birds with category 1 material\nArticle 1 Pursuant to Article 23(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus and Portugal may authorise the use of entire bodies of dead animals which may contain specified risk material as referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(ii) of that Regulation for the feeding of the endangered or protected species of necrophagous birds as set out in Part A of the Annex to this Decision.’\n2.. Article 4 is replaced by the following:\n‘Compliance by the Member States concerned\nArticle 4 The Member States concerned shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and shall publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.’\n3.. Article 6 is replaced by the following:\n‘Addressees\nArticle 6 This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus and the Portuguese Republic.’\n4.. In Part A of the Annex, the following point (g) is added:\n(g) ‘In the case of Bulgaria: black vulture (Aegypius monachus), bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), black kite (Milvus migrans) and red kite (Milvus milvus).’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/247/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}