Article 7 Disease reporting requirements

Commodities shall only be imported into F1Great Britain from third countries, territories, zones or compartments, where the third country concerned:

1. (a)

   F2informs the F3appropriate authority of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of LPAI, HPAI or Newcastle disease;

2. (b)

   submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of HPAI and Newcastle disease, without undue delay to F4a laboratory which has been approved by the appropriate authority as a national reference laboratory, for avian influenza and Newcastle disease ^f1; such virus isolates shall not be required for imports of eggs, egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs from third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import of such commodities into F5Great Britain is authorised;

3. (c)

   submits to the F6appropriate authority regular updates on the disease situation.