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Article 24

United Kingdom

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1.

Poultry and hatching eggs shall come from third countries:

(a)

in which avian influenza and Newcastle disease, as defined in Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenzaf1 and Directive 92/66/EEC respectively, are legally notifiable diseases;

(b)

free from avian influenza and Newcastle disease,

or

which, although they are not free from these diseases, apply measures to control them which are at least equivalent to those laid down in Directives 2005/94/EC and 92/66/EEC respectively.

2.

The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2), decide under which conditions paragraph 1 of this Article is to apply only to a part of the territory of third countries.

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Footnotes

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OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.