
Article 1 
Member States shall suspend imports, from that part of the territory of South Africa referred to in the Annex to this Decision, of:

((a)) live ratites and hatching eggs of ratites;
((b)) fresh meat of ratites;
((c)) meat products and meat preparations consisting of or containing meat of ratites.
Article 2 

1. By way of derogation from points (b) and (c) of Article 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of fresh meat, meat products and meat preparations referred to in those points which have been obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 May 2006.
2. In the veterinary certificates accompanying consignments of the meat, meat products and meat preparations referred to in paragraph 1 the following words shall be included:'Fresh ratite meat/meat products consisting of or containing meat of ratites/meat preparations consisting of or containing meat of ratites obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 May 2006 in accordance with Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 2006/532/EC.'
3. By way of derogation from point (c) of Article 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of meat products and meat preparations consisting of or containing meat of ratites provided that the meat has undergone at least one of the specific treatments referred to under points B, C or D in Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2005/432/EC.
Article 3 
The 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 4 
This Decision shall apply until 31 October 2006.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Part of the territory of South Africa referred to in Article 1

ISO country code Name of country Part of territory
ZA South Africa The districts of Riversdale and Mossel Bay in the Western Cape Province