# Commission Implementing Decision of 27 August 2013 concerning certain protective measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H7N7 in Italy including the establishment of further restricted zones and repealing Implementing Decision 2013/439/EU (notified under document C(2013) 5623) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/443/EU), Article 2

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

1. Italy shall ensure that no consignments of live poultry, ready to-lay-poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs are dispatched from the zones listed in Parts A, B and C of the Annex to other Member States or third countries.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority of Italy may authorise the dispatch of consignments of day-old chicks and hatching eggs from the zones listed in Part C of the Annex to other Member States or third countries provided that:
(a) the measures laid down in Article 30(c)(iii) second subparagraph and (iv) of Directive 2005/94/EC are applied;
(b) the competent authority of the Member State or third country of destination is given written notification in advance and undertakes to receive the consignments of the day-old chicks and hatching eggs and notify their date of arrival at the holding of destination on its territory to the competent authority of Italy.
3. Italy shall ensure that the veterinary certificates accompanying the consignments referred to in paragraph 2 to be dispatched to other Member States include the words:
‘The consignment complies with the animal health conditions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/443/EU.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/443/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-443/article-2
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