
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annex I(B) to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended as follows:

((a)) The first and second indents of point 3.4. are replaced by the following:
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— pullets for the production of eggs and poultry for meat production must be less than three days old.'
((b)) The text of point 3.5. is replaced by the following:
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3.5. This derogation must be authorised beforehand by the inspection authority or body.
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((c)) The text of point 3.6. is replaced by the following:
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3.6. 

((a)) high mortality of animals caused by health or catastrophic circumstances;
((b)) pullets for egg production and poultry for meat production less than three days old.
((c)) piglets for breeding purposes, which must be reared according to the rules of this regulation as soon as they are weaned and must weigh less than 35 kg.

Case (c) is authorised for a transitional period expiring on 31 July 2006.
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((d)) The text of point 3.7. is replaced by the following:
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3.7. 

— prior authorisation of the competent authority, and
— from 31 December 2005, the provisions laid down in paragraphs 4 (Feed) and 5 (Disease prevention and veterinary treatment) of this Annex I shall apply to non-organically reared pullets intended to be brought into organic livestock units.
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