{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-798/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-798/article-7.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": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Disease reporting requirements",
  "text": "Commodities shall only be imported into Great Britain from third countries, territories, zones or compartments, where the third country concerned:\n(a) informs the appropriate authority of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of LPAI, HPAI or Newcastle disease;\n(b) submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of HPAI and Newcastle disease, without undue delay to a laboratory which has been approved by the appropriate authority as a national reference laboratory, for avian influenza and Newcastle disease ; 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 Great Britain is authorised;\n(c)submits to the appropriate authority regular updates on the disease situation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7 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(8)(a) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2009 of 18 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(a) 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(8)(b) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(b) 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(8)(c)(i) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(b) 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(8)(c)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(c) 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(8)(d) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey KT 153NB, United Kingdom ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/798/article/7",
    "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."
}