
Article 1 

1. The amended vaccination programme against avian influenza, submitted by Italy to the Commission on 23 June 2005, is approved (‘the vaccination programme’).The vaccination programme shall be carried out with a bivalent vaccine in the areas listed in Annex I (‘the vaccination area’). The vaccination programme shall be implemented efficiently.
2. Intensive monitoring and surveillance, as set out in the vaccination programme shall be carried out in the vaccination area and in the areas listed in Annex III.
Article 2 
The restrictions on movements of live poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks and fresh meat of poultry into, out of and within the vaccination area and from holdings located in a restriction zone established in accordance with the provisions laid down in the vaccination programme shall apply in accordance with Article 3 to 9 of this Decision.
Article 3 
No live poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks coming from and/or originating from holdings in the vaccination area and from holdings located in a restriction zone established in accordance with the provisions laid down in the vaccination programme shall be dispatched from Italy.
Article 4 

1. By way of derogation from Article 3, slaughter poultry that come from and/or originate from holdings in the vaccination area, may be dispatched from Italy if the poultry:
(a) come from holdings that are not located in a restriction zone established in accordance with the provisions laid down in the vaccination programme;
(b) originate from flocks which have been regularly inspected and tested with negative results for avian influenza, with particular attention paid to sentinel birds;
(c) originate from flocks which have been clinically inspected by an official veterinarian within 48 hours before loading, with particular attention paid to sentinel birds;
(d) originate from flocks which have been tested serologically for avian influenza with negative results at the national laboratory for avian influenza, by using the sampling and testing procedure laid down in Annex II to this Decision;
(e) are sent directly to a slaughterhouse and slaughtered immediately upon arrival.
2. For the testing of flocks, as provided for in point (b) of paragraph 1, the following tests shall be used:
(a) for vaccinated birds, the developed indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (‘iIFA-test’);
(b) for non-vaccinated birds:
((i)) the Haemagglutination-Inhibition Test (HI);
((ii)) the AGID-test;
((iii)) the ELISA-test; or
((iv)) the iIFA-test, if necessary.
Article 5 
By way of derogation from Article 3, hatching eggs that come from and/or originate from holdings in the vaccination area, may be dispatched from Italy if:

((a)) they come from holdings that are not located in a restriction zone established in accordance with the provisions laid down in the vaccination programme;
((b)) they come from flocks which have been regularly inspected and tested with negative results for avian influenza using the tests as provided for in Article 4(2);
((c)) they are disinfected before departure from the holding;
((d)) they are transported directly to the hatchery of destination;
((e)) the hatchery of destination can ensure the traceability of the hatching eggs by means of the records of the holding of origin of the hatching eggs and of the destination of the day-old chicks hatched from such eggs.
Article 6 
By way of derogation from Article 3, day-old chicks that come from and/or originate from holdings located in the vaccination area, may be dispatched from Italy if they orginate from hatching eggs that comply with the conditions set out in Article 5.
Article 7 
Animal health certificates accompanying consignments of live poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks from Italy shall include the words: ‘The animal health conditions of this consignment are in accordance with Commission Decision 2005/926/EC’.
Article 8 

1. Fresh meat of poultry as provided in Article 2 shall be marked in accordance with paragraph 2 and shall not be dispatched from Italy if it is derived from:
(a) poultry originating from holdings located in a restriction zone established in accordance with the provisions laid down in the vaccination programme;
(b) poultry vaccinated against avian influenza;
(c) poultry from avian influenza sero-positive poultry flocks destined for slaughter under official control in accordance with the vaccination programme.
2. Fresh meat of poultry as provided in paragraph 1 shall be marked with a special health or identification mark which cannot be confused with the health mark as provided in Chapter XII, Annex I to Council Directive 71/118/EEC and shall, in particular, not be oval. That mark shall contain the approval number of the establishment but not the letters C.E.
Article 9 
By way of derogation from Article 8(1)(b) and paragraph 2, fresh meat derived from turkeys and chickens vaccinated against avian influenza with a heterologous vaccine of subtype (H7N1) and (H5N9) may be dispatched from Italy, provided that the meat comes from turkeys and chickens which:

((a)) originate from flocks which have been regularly inspected and tested with negative results for avian influenza, with particular attention paid to sentinel birds;
((b)) originate from flocks which have been clinically inspected by an official veterinarian within 48 hours before loading, with particular attention paid to sentinel birds;
((c)) originate from flocks which have been tested serologically for avian influenza with negative results at the national laboratory for avian influenza, by using the sampling and testing procedure laid down in Annex II to this Decision;
((d)) come from flocks which have been tested with negative results for avian influenza using the tests as provided for in Article 4(2);
((e)) are kept separated from other flocks which do not comply with this Article;
((f)) are sent directly to a slaughterhouse and slaughtered immediately upon arrival.
Article 10 
Fresh meat of turkey and chicken complying with the conditions set out in Article 9 shall be accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with the model set out in Annex VI to l Directive 71/118/EEC, which shall include under point IV (a) of that certificate the following attestation of the official veterinarian:
'The turkey meat/chicken meat described above is in accordance with Commission Decision 2005/926/EC.'
Article 11 
Italy shall ensure that in the vaccination area listed in Annex I:

((a)) only disposable packaging material, or packaging material which can be effectively washed and disinfected, is used for the collection, storage and transport of hatching eggs and day-old chicks;
((b)) all means of transport used for transporting live poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, fresh poultry meat and poultry feedstuff are cleaned and disinfected immediately before and after each transport with disinfectants and methods of use approved by the competent authority.
Article 12 
Italy shall submit a report to the Commission containing information on the effectiveness of the vaccination programme within six mouths from the date of application of this Decision and thereafter at six-monthly intervals.
Article 13 
Decision 2004/666/EC is repealed.
Article 14 
This Decision shall apply from the tenth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 15 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Veneto Region
Verona Province
ALBAREDO D'ADIGE 
ANGIARI 
ARCOLE 
BELFIORE 
BONAVIGO 
BOVOLONE 
BUTTAPIETRA 
CALDIERO area to the south of the A4 motorway
CASALEONE 
CASTEL D'AZZANO 
CASTELNUOVO DEL GARDA area to the south of the A4 motorway
CEREA 
COLOGNA VENETA 
COLOGNOLA AI COLLI area to the south of the A4 motorway
CONCAMARISE 
ERBÈ 
GAZZO VERONESE 
ISOLA DELLA SCALA 
ISOLA RIZZA 
LAVAGNO area to the south of the A4 motorway
MINERBE 
MONTEFORTE D'ALPONE area to the south of the A4 motorway
MOZZECANE 
NOGARA 
NOGAROLE ROCCA 
OPPEANO 
PALÙ 
PESCHIERA DEL GARDA area to the south of the A4 motorway
POVEGLIANO VERONESE 
PRESSANA 
RONCO ALL'ADIGE 
ROVERCHIARA 
ROVEREDO DI GUÀ 
SALIZZOLE 
SAN BONIFACIO area to the south of the A4 motorway
SAN GIOVANNI LUPATOTO area to the south of the A4 motorway
SANGUINETTO 
SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO area to the south of the A4 motorway
SAN PIETRO DI MORUBIO 
SOAVE area to the south of the A4 motorway
SOMMACAMPAGNA area to the south of the A4 motorway
SONA area to the south of the A4 motorway
SORGÀ 
TREVENZUOLO 
VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO 
VERONA area to the south of the A4 motorway
VERONELLA 
VIGASIO 
VILLAFRANCA DI VERONA 
ZEVIO 
ZIMELLA 
Lombardia Region
Brescia Province
ACQUAFREDDA 
ALFIANELLO 
BAGNOLO MELLA 
BASSANO BRESCIANO 
BORGOSATOLLO 
BRESCIA area to the south of the A4 motorway
CALCINATO area to the south of the A4 motorway
CALVISANO 
CAPRIANO DEL COLLE 
CARPENEDOLO 
CASTENEDOLO area to the south of the A4 motorway
CIGOLE 
DELLO 
DESENZANO DEL GARDA area to the south of the A4 motorway
FIESSE 
FLERO 
GAMBARA 
GHEDI 
GOTTOLENGO 
ISORELLA 
LENO 
LONATO area to the south of the A4 motorway
MANERBIO 
MILZANO 
MONTICHIARI 
MONTIRONE 
OFFLAGA 
PAVONE DEL MELLA 
PONCARALE 
PONTEVICO 
POZZOLENGO area to the south of the A4 motorway
PRALBOINO 
QUINZANO D'OGLIO 
REMEDELLO 
REZZATO area to the south of the A4 motorway
SAN GERVASIO BRESCIANO 
SAN ZENO NAVIGLIO 
SENIGA 
VEROLANUOVA 
VEROLAVECCHIA 
VISANO 
Mantova Province
CASTIGLIONE DELLE STIVIERE 
CAVRIANA 
CERESARA 
GOITO 
GUIDIZZOLO 
MARMIROLO 
MEDOLE 
MONZAMBANO 
PONTI SUL MINCIO 
ROVERBELLA 
SOLFERINO 
VOLTA MANTOVANA 
ANNEX II
1. 
The developed indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (iIFA-test) is aimed at the differentiation between vaccinated/field exposed and vaccinated/non field exposed turkeys and chickens in the framework of a Differentiating Infected from Vaccinated Animals (DIVA) vaccination strategy using a heterologous subtype vaccine from the field virus subtype.

2. 
Meat originating from turkey and chicken flocks vaccinated against avian influenza may be dispatched from Italy provided that, where all the birds are kept in one building, blood samples have been taken by the official veterinarian within seven days prior to slaughter from at least 10 vaccinated turkeys or chickens destined for slaughter.

However, where the poultry are kept in more than one group or shed, at least 20 vaccinated birds selected randomly from all the groups or sheds on the farm shall be sampled.

3. 
Slaughter poultry originating from the vaccination area may be dispatched from Italy provided that, where all the birds have been kept in one building, blood samples from at least 10 birds destined for slaughter have been taken by the official veterinarian within seven days prior dispatch. However, where the poultry are kept in more than one group or shed, at least 20 birds selected randomly from all the groups or sheds on the farm shall be sampled.

ANNEX III

Lombardia Region
Bergamo province
ANTEGNATE 
BAGNATICA area to the south of the A4 motorway
BARBATA 
BARIANO 
BOLGARE area to the south of the A4 motorway
CALCINATE 
CALCIO 
CASTELLI CALEPIO area to the south of the A4 motorway
CAVERNAGO 
CIVIDATE AL PIANO 
COLOGNO AL SERIO 
CORTENUOVA 
COSTA DI MEZZATE area to the south of the A4 motorway
COVO 
FARA OLIVANA CON SOLA 
FONTANELLA 
GHISALBA 
GRUMELLO DEL MONTE area to the south of the A4 motorway
ISSO 
MARTINENGO 
MORENGO 
MORNICO AL SERIO 
PAGAZZANO 
PALOSCO 
PUMENENGO 
ROMANO DI LOMBARDIA 
SERIATE area to the south of the A4 motorway
TELGATE area to the south of the A4 motorway
TORRE PALLAVICINA 
Brescia province
AZZANO MELLA 
BARBARIGA 
BASSANO BRESCIANO 
BERLINGO 
BORGO SAN GIACOMO 
BRANDICO 
CASTEGNATO area to the south of the A4 motorway
CASTEL MELLA 
CASTELCOVATI 
CASTREZZATO 
CAZZAGO SAN MARTINO area to the south of the A4 motorway
CHIARI 
COCCAGLIO 
COLOGNE 
COMEZZANO-CIZZAGO 
CORZANO 
ERBUSCO area to the south of the A4 motorway
LOGRATO 
LONGHENA 
MACLODIO 
MAIRANO 
ORZINUOVI 
ORZIVECCHI 
OSPITALETTO area to the south of the A4 motorway
PALAZZOLO SULL'OGLIO area to the south of the A4 motorway
POMPIANO 
PONTOGLIO 
ROCCAFRANCA 
RONCADELLE area to the south of the A4 motorway
ROVATO area to the south of the A4 motorway
RUDIANO 
SAN PAOLO 
TORBOLE CASAGLIA 
TRAVAGLIATO 
TRENZANO 
URAGO D'OGLIO 
VILLACHIARA 
Cremona province
CAMISANO 
CASALE CREMASCO-VIDOLASCO 
CASALETTO DI SOPRA 
CASTEL GABBIANO 
SONCINO 
Mantova province
ACQUANEGRA SUL CHIESE 
ASOLA 
BIGARELLO 
CANNETO SULL'OGLIO 
CASALMORO 
CASALOLDO 
CASALROMANO 
CASTEL D'ARIO 
CASTEL GOFFREDO 
CASTELBELFORTE 
GAZOLDO DEGLI IPPOLITI 
MARIANA MANTOVANA 
PIUBEGA 
PORTO MANTOVANO 
REDONDESCO 
RODIGO 
RONCOFERRARO 
SAN GIORGIO DI MANTOVA 
VILLIMPENTA 
Veneto Region
Padua province
CARCERI 
CASALE DI SCODOSIA 
ESTE 
LOZZO ATESTINO 
MEGLIADINO SAN FIDENZIO 
MEGLIADINO SAN VITALE 
MONTAGNANA 
OSPEDALETTO EUGANEO 
PONSO 
SALETTO 
SANTA MARGHERITA D’ADIGE 
URBANA 
Verona province
BEVILACQUA 
BOSCHI SANT'ANNA 
BUSSOLENGO 
PESCANTINA 
SOMMACAMPAGNA area to the north of the A4 motorway
SONA area to the north of the A4 motorway
Vicenza province
AGUGLIARO 
ALBETTONE 
ALONTE 
ASIGLIANO VENETO 
BARBARANO VICENTINO 
CAMPIGLIA DEI BERICI 
CASTEGNERO 
LONIGO 
MONTEGALDA 
MONTEGALDELLA 
MOSSANO 
NANTO 
NOVENTA VICENTINA 
ORGIANO 
POIANA MAGGIORE 
SAN GERMANO DEI BERICI 
SOSSANO 
VILLAGA 