
Article 1 
Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities make appropriate arrangements with wild bird, hunting and other relevant organisations which shall notify without delay to the competent authorities any abnormal mortality or significant disease outbreaks occurring in wild birds and in particular wild water birds.
Article 2 

1. Immediately following receipt by the competent authority of the notification provided for in Article 1, and whenever no clear cause of disease other than avian influenza is identified Member States shall ensure that:
(a) appropriate samples are collected from dead birds and if possible from other birds which had contact with dead birds; and
(b) those samples are subjected to laboratory tests for detection of the avian influenza virus.
2. Member States shall in case of positive laboratory test results for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus mentioned in paragraph 1(b) inform the Commission without delay thereof.
Article 3 
The Member States shall amend their legislation 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 4 
The Decision shall apply until 31 January 2006.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission