{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-66/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1992/66",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-66",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Directive 92/66/EEC\nof 14 July 1992\nintroducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,\nWhereas poultry is listed in Annex II of the Treaty and whereas the marketing of poultry constitutes an important source of revenue for the agricultural population;\nWhereas, it is necessary to establish at Community level the control measures to be taken in the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease in order to ensure development of the poultry sector and contribute to the protection of animal health in the Community;\nWhereas minimum Community control measures should furthermore be provided for against Newcastle disease to apply to certain other species;\nWhereas an outbreak of Newcastle disease can quickly take on epizootic proportions, causing mortality and disturbances on a scale liable to reduce sharply the profitability of farming or poultry as a whole;\nWhereas action must be taken as soon as the presence of the disease is suspected so that immediate and effective control measures can be implemented when its presence is confirmed; whereas such measures must be modulated by the competent authorities to take account of whether or not a country carries out a prophylactic vaccination programme in all or part of its territory;\nWhereas it is necessary to prevent any spread of the disease as soon as an outbreak occurs, by carefully monitoring movements of animals and the use of products liable to be contaminated, and, where appropriate, by vaccination;\nWhereas diagnosis of the disease must be carried out under the auspices of responsible national laboratories, the coordination of which must be ensured by a Community reference laboratory;\nWhereas it is necessary to make provision for the Member States which vaccinate to draw up vaccination plans and to inform the Commission and other Member States about those plans;\nWhereas Article 4 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field applies in the event of the occurrence of Newcastle disease;\nWhereas it is appropriate to confer upon the Commission the task of taking the necessary applicatory measures,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No C 146, 5.6.1991, p. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No C 280, 28.10.1991, p. 174."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No C 339, 31.12.1991, p. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19; amended by Decision 91/133/EEC (OJ No L 66, 13.3.1991, p.18)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}