Article 62 Requirements for movements of captive birds and hatching eggs of captive birds to a Member State or zone thereof with the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination

Operators shall only move captive birds of galliformes species and hatching eggs of captive birds of galliformes species from a Member State or zone thereof which does not have the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination to a Member State or zone thereof which has the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination when the requirements of Articles 59 to 61 for the specific commodity are fulfilled and those animals and hatching eggs fulfil the following requirements as regards infection with Newcastle disease virus:

1. (a)

   in the case of captive birds:

   1. (i)

      the animals are not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

   2. (ii)

      the animals have been isolated for 14 days prior to departure, at either the establishment of origin under the supervision of an official veterinarian or in an approved quarantine establishment, where:

      • no captive birds have been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus during the last 21 days prior to departure;

      • no other birds were introduced during the last 21 days prior to departure;

      • no vaccination has been carried out in the quarantine establishment;

   3. (iii)

      the animals have tested negative, during the last 14 days prior to departure, to serological tests to detect antibodies against Newcastle disease virus, performed on blood samples at a level which gives 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence;

2. (b)

   in the case of hatching eggs of captive birds, they:

   1. (i)

      are not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

   2. (ii)

      come from flocks which are:

      either

      • not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

        or

      • vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus using inactivated vaccines;

        or

      • vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus using live vaccines that satisfy the criteria in Annex VI and vaccination has taken place at least 30 days before the collection of the hatching eggs.