
Article 1 

1. Member States shall only authorise the movement of consignments of less than 5 live pet birds. Such a movement is authorised if these birds proceed from a member country of the OIE belonging to a relevant Regional Commission not listed in Annex I.
2. Member States shall only authorise the movement of consignments of less than 5 live pet birds. Such a movement is authorised if these birds proceed from a member country of the OIE belonging to a relevant Regional Commission listed in Annex I, and
(a) have undergone a 30 days pre-export isolation at the place of departure in a third country listed in Decision 79/542/EEC, or
(b) are subjected to a 30 days post-import quarantine in the Member State of destination on premises approved in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Decision 2000/666/EC, or
(c) have been vaccinated and at least on one occasion re-vaccinated within the last 6 months and not later than 60 days prior to dispatch, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions against avian influenza using an H5 vaccine approved for the species concerned, or
(d) have been isolated for at least 10 days prior to export and have been subjected to a test for the detection of H5N1antigen or genome, as prescribed in Chapter 2.1.14 of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals carried out on a sample taken not earlier than on the third day of isolation.
3. Compliance with the conditions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be certified by an official veterinarian, in the case of the conditions in 2 (b) based on owners’ declaration, in the third country of dispatch in accordance with the model certificate provided for in Annex II.
4. The veterinary certificate shall be complemented by
(a) a declaration of the owner or the representative of the owner in accordance with Annex III,
(b) a confirmation as follows:‘Pet birds in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 2005/759/EC’
Article 2 

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that pet birds moved into Community territory from a third country are subject to documentary and identity checks by the competent authorities at the travellers' point of entry into Community territory.
2. Member States shall designate the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 which is responsible for such checks and immediately inform the Commission thereof.
3. Each Member State shall draw up a list of points of entry as referred to in paragraph 1 and forward it to the other Member States and to the Commission.
4. Where such checks reveal that the animals do not meet the requirements laid down in this Decision, the third subparagraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 shall apply.
Article 3 
This Decision shall not apply to the movement onto Community territory of birds accompanying their owners from Andorra, Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino or Switzerland.
Article 4 
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 shall apply until 30 November 2005.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 October 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Third countries belonging to the OIE Regional Commissions, as referred to in Article 1, of:

— Africa,
— Americas,
— Asia, Far East and Oceania,
— Europe, and
— Middle East.

ANNEX II

ANNEX III

Declaration of the owner or representative of the owner of the pet birds
I, the undersigned owner / representative of the owner declare that:

1.. The birds will be accompanied during the movement by a person that is responsible for the animals.
2.. The animals are not intended for commercial purposes.
3.. During the period between the pre-movement veterinary inspection and the factual departure the birds will remain isolated from any possible contact with other birds.
4.. The animals have undergone the 30 days pre-movement isolation without coming into contact to any other birds not covered by this certificate.
5.. I have made arrangements for the 30 days post-introduction quarantine at the quarantine premises of … , as indicated in point I.12 of the certificate.
…
Date and Place
…
Signature

INTERNAL CODE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.1 I, the undersigned official veterinarian of (insert name of third country) certify that: 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.2 
1. The country of dispatch is a member country of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE and is belonging to the OIE Regional Commission for (insert name of Regional Commission).
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.3 
2. The birds described in point I.28 have been subjected today, within 48 hour or the last working day prior to dispatch, to a clinical inspection and found free of obvious signs of disease;
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.4 
3. The birds comply with at least one of the following conditions:
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.5 either [they have been confined on the premises specified in point I.11 under official supervision for at least 30 days prior to dispatch and effectively protected from contacts with other birds] 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.6 or [they are destined, as indicated in point I.12 for a quarantine station approved in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Decision 2000/666/EC] 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.7 or [they have been vaccinated and at least on one occasion re-vaccinated within the last 6 months and not later than 60 days prior to dispatch, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions against avian influenza using an H5 vaccine approved for the species concerned] 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.8 or [they have been isolated for at least 10 days prior to export and have been subjected to a test for the detection of H5N1 antigen or genome, as prescribed in Chapter 2.1.14 of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, carried out on a sample taken not earlier than on the third day of isolation] 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.9 
4. The owner or the representative of the owner has declared:
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.10 
4.1. The birds will be accompanied during the movement by a person that is responsible for the animals.
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.11 
4.2. The animals are not intended for commercial purposes.
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.12 
4.3. During the period between the pre-movement veterinary inspection and the factual departure the birds will remain isolated from any possible contact with other birds.
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.13 
4.4. The animals have undergone the 30 days pre-movement isolation without coming into contact to any other birds not covered by this certificate. (1)
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.14 
4.5. I have made arrangements for the 30 days post-introduction quarantine at the quarantine premises of, as indicated in point I.12 of the certificate. (1)
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.15 Notes 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.16 
(1) Delete as necessary.
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.17 
(2) The certificate is valid for 10 days. In case of transport by boat the validity is prolonged by the time of the sea voyage.
 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.18 Description of commodity 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.19 Commodities certified for 
IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII.20 Identification of the commodities 
Import.name.IT10544/2005/BovinePetBirds/AnnexII Pet birds 