Article 8 Increased surveillance in wild birds
United Kingdom
F1The appropriate Minister shall ensure that increased surveillance of wild bird populations and further monitoring for dead or sick birds is carried out in accordance with the guidelines on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in wild birds set out in Annex II to Commission Decision 2010/367/EUf1 adopted in accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2005/94/EC.
F2The appropriate Minister may target sampling and laboratory testing of wild birds on species and geographical areas previously unaffected by HPAI.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 19(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 19(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Footnotes
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Commission Decision 2010/367/EU of 25 June 2010 on the implementation by Member States of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds (OJ L 166, 1.7.2010, p. 22).