
Article 1 
Member States shall suspend the importation from the territory of Bulgaria of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and hatching eggs of these species.
Article 2 
Member States shall suspend the importation from the territory of Bulgaria of:

— fresh meat of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and of
— meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or containing meat of, those species.
Article 3 

1. By derogation from Article 2, Member States shall authorise the importation of the products covered by this Article which have been obtained from birds slaughtered before 16 November 2004.
2. In the veterinary certificates accompanying consignments of the products mentioned in paragraph 1 the following words shall be included:'Fresh poultry meat/fresh ratite meat/fresh meat of wild feathered game/fresh meat of farmed feathered game/meat product consisting of, or containing meat of, poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat/meat preparation consisting of, or containing meat of, poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat obtained from birds slaughtered before 16 November 2004 in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Decision 2004/908/EC.'.
3. By derogation from Article 2, Member States shall authorise the importation of meat products consisting of, or containing meat of, poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, when the meat of these species has undergone one of the specific treatments referred to under points B, C or D in part IV of the Annex to Decision 97/222/EC.
Article 4 
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to imports so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Article 5 
This Decision shall be reviewed in the light of the disease evolution and information supplied by the veterinary authorities of Bulgaria at the Standing Committee foreseen for 11 and 12 January 2005.
Article 6 
This Decision shall apply until 31 January 2005.
Article 7 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 2004.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission