# 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), Article 7: Suspension of approval of compartments

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. If a control, or the epidemiological information related to the compartment shows that it no longer complies with the information submitted in accordance with Article 3(2), or the criteria and requirements set out in the Annex, the competent authority shall immediately suspend the approval of the compartment concerned and the compartment manager shall ensure that immediate action is taken to correct any such non-compliance.
2. Following the suspension of the approval of a compartment, the competent authority shall suspend any certification attesting that the commodities come from an approved compartment.
3. Where the approval of a compartment has been suspended, the competent authority shall not lift the suspension until it has verified that corrective action has been launched within 30 days of the date of the suspension and a subsequent control has been carried out with favourable results.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/616/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-616/article-7
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