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Document 32006D0892

2006/892/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 2006 amending Decisions 2006/7/EC, 2006/265/EC and 2006/533/EC as regards an extension of their period of application (notified under document number C(2006) 5860) (Text with EEA relevance)

OJ L 343, 08/12/2006, p. 99–101 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ L 142M, 05/06/2007, p. 767–769 (MT)

⏵This document has been published in a special edition(s) (BG, RO, HR)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2006

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Date of document:
05/12/2006; Date of adoption
Date of effect:
05/12/2006; Entry into force Date notif.
Date of notification:
05/12/2006
Date of end of validity:
31/12/2006; See 32006D0007 And 32006D0265 And 32006D0533
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European Commission
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The twenty-five Member States: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Modifies 32006D0265 Replacement annex 05/12/2006
Modifies 32006D0265 Amendment article 3 05/12/2006
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8.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 343/99

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 December 2006

amending Decisions 2006/7/EC, 2006/265/EC and 2006/533/EC as regards an extension of their period of application

(notified under document number C(2006) 5860)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/892/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Following the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by a highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain, in southeastern Asia starting in December 2003, the Commission adopted several protection measures in relation to avian influenza. Those measures included, in particular, Commission Decision 2006/7/EC of 9 January 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to the import of feathers from certain third countries (3), Commission Decision 2006/265/EC of 31 March 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Switzerland (4) and Commission Decision 2006/533/EC of 28 July 2006 concerning certain temporary protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Croatia (5).

(2)

Since the adoption of Decision 2006/7/EC, the Commission has been revising the existing permanent Community measures concerning imports of feathers, in particular the relevant provisions concerning import requirements for untreated feathers laid down in Chapter VIII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (6). That legislative procedure however has not been completed.

(3)

Decisions 2006/7/EC, 2006/265/EC and 2006/533/EC apply until 31 December 2006. However, as outbreaks of the Asian lineage of the avian influenza virus still occur in third countries and the threat to the Community has therefore not diminished, it is appropriate to prolong the application of those Decisions until 30 June 2007.

(4)

Commission Decisions 2006/115/EC (7) and 2006/135/EC (8) have been repealed and replaced by Commission Decisions 2006/563/EC (9) and 2006/415/EC (10). Croatia and Switzerland have informed the Commission that the competent authorities of those countries are now applying protection measures that are equivalent to those applied by the competent authorities of the Member States, as provided in Decisions 2006/563/EC and 2006/415/EC. The references in the Annexes to Decisions 2006/265/EC and 2006/533/EC should therefore be updated.

(5)

Decisions 2006/7/EC, 2006/265/EC and 2006/533/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 4 of Decision 2006/7/EC, the date ‘31 December 2006’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2007’.

Article 2

Decision 2006/265/EC is amended as follows:

1.

In Article 3 the date ‘31 December 2006’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2007’.

2.

The Annex is replaced by Annex I to this Decision.

Article 3

Decision 2006/533/EC is amended as follows:

1.

In Article 5 the date ‘31 December 2006’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2007’.

2.

The Annex is replaced by Annex II to this Decision.

Article 4

The Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 December 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1)   OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)   OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1); corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.

(3)   OJ L 5, 10.1.2006, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/521/EC (OJ L 205, 27.7.2006, p. 26).

(4)   OJ L 95, 4.4.2006, p. 9. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/405/EC (OJ L 158, 10.6.2006, p. 14).

(5)   OJ L 212, 2.8.2006, p. 19.

(6)   OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2006 (OJ L 36, 8.2.2006, p. 25).

(7)   OJ L 48, 18.2.2006, p. 28. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/277/EC (OJ L 103, 12.4.2006, p. 29).

(8)   OJ L 52, 23.2.2006, p. 41. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/384/EC (OJ L 148, 2.6.2006, p. 53).

(9)   OJ L 222, 15.8.2006, p. 11.

(10)   OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 51. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/506/EC (OJ L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 36).

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX

Part of the territory of Switzerland referred to in Article 1(1)

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Name of country

Part of territory

CH

Switzerland

In Switzerland: all areas of the territory of Switzerland for which the authorities of Switzerland have formally applied equivalent restrictions to those laid down in Commission Decisions 2006/415/EC and 2006/563/EC.’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX

Part of the territory of Croatia referred to in Article 1

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Name of country

Part of territory

HR

Croatia

In Croatia: all areas of the territory of Croatia for which the competent authorities of Croatia formally apply protection measures that are equivalent to those laid down in Commission Decision 2006/563/EC.’
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