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  "title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2009 of 13 July 2009 implementing Council Directive 2005/94/EC as regards the approval of poultry compartments and other captive birds compartments with respect to avian influenza and additional preventive biosecurity measures in such compartments (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "short_title": "Regulation (EC) No 616/2009 implementing Council Directive 2005/94/EC as regards the approval of poultry…",
  "long_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2009 of 13 July 2009 implementing Council Directive 2005/94/EC as regards the approval of poultry compartments and other captive birds compartments with respect to avian influenza and additional preventive biosecurity measures in such compartments (Text with EEA relevance)",
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      "heading": "The biosecurity plans of the holdings under the common biosecurity management system shall include at least the following elements:",
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      "heading": "In the compartment, the surveillance plan under the responsibility of the compartment manager shall include continuous active surveillance that shall be carried out on 20 blood samples taken at random from poultry, or other captive birds, of the same production unit for serological testing for avian influenza:",
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