{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-798/annex-IV/division-I/division-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-798/annex-IV/division-I/division-A.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/798",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-798",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/I/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "surveillance for avian influenza in poultry:",
  "text": "1..Description of objectives\n2..Third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate):\n3..Type of surveillance:\nSerological surveillance\nVirological surveillance\nTargeted avian influenza subtypes\n4..Sampling criteria:\nTargeted species (for example, s, chicken, partridges)\nTargeted categories (for example, breeders, layers)\nTargeted husbandry systems (for example, commercial establishments, backyard flocks)\n5..Statistical basis for number of establishments sampled:\nNumber of establishments in area\nNumber of establishments per category\nNumber of establishments to be sampled per poultry category\n6..Frequency of sampling\n7..Number of samples taken per establishment/shed\n8..Time period for sampling\n9..Type of samples taken (tissue, faeces, cloacal/oropharyngeal/tracheal swabs)\n10..Laboratory tests used (for example, AGID, PCR, HI, Virus isolation.)\n11..Indication of laboratories carrying out testing at central, regional or local level (keep as appropriate)\nIndication of reference laboratory carrying out confirmatory testing (a laboratory which has been approved by the appropriate authority as a national reference laboratory for avian influenza or OIE)\n12..Reporting system/protocol used for avian influenza surveillance results (include results where available)\n13..Follow-up investigations of positive results for subtypes H5 and H7.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1.A point 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 53(24) (with regs. 69-71)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/798/annex/IV/division/I/division/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:06.196728+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}