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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-139/annex-V/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-139/annex-V/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/139",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 of 7 January 2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-139",
  "path": "annex/V/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(3)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "All virological and serological testing of samples taken during quarantine must be carried out in official laboratories designated by the appropriate authority using diagnostic procedures in accordance with the diagnostic manual for avian influenza and the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the OIE for Newcastle disease. For virological examination pooling of samples up to a maximum of five samples of individual birds in one pool is allowed. Faecal material must be pooled separately from other organ and tissue samples.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Annex 5 point (3) 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), 63(20) (with regs. 69-71)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/139/annex/V/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:51.130765+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."
}