
Article 1 
The control programmes submitted by Canada, Israel, Tunisia and United States in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 are hereby approved as regards Salmonella in flocks of breeding hens.
Article 2 
Annexes I and II to Decision 2006/696/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3 
Consignments of breeding or productive poultry other than ratites, day-old chicks other than of ratites and hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites for which veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Decision 2006/696/EC, in the version applying before the date of application of the present Decision may be imported into the Community for a period of 60 days following the date of application of the present Decision.
Article 4 
This Decision shall apply from 15 February 2008.
However, points II.2.5 of the model certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites, II 2,4 of the model certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites in Annex I of Decision 2006/696/EC as amended by the present Decision shall apply from 1 January 2009 if the productive poultry or day-old chicks is solely intended for the production of meat.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(1) 

((a)) Part 1 is replaced by the following:
' Part 1 
Country Code of territory Description of territory Veterinary certificate Specific conditions
Model(s) Additional Guarantees
1 2 3 4 5 6
AR — Argentina AR-0  SPF  
AU — Australia AU-0  BPP, DOC, HEP, SPF, SRP  A
BPR I 
DOR II 
HER III 
BR — Brazil BR-0  SPF  
BR-1 States of Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP  A
BR-2 States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul BPR, DOR, HER, SRA  
BW — Botswana BW-0  SPF  
BPR I 
DOR II 
HER III 
CA — Canada CA-0  BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRA, SPF, SRP IV 
CH — Switzerland CH-0    
CL — Chile CL-0  BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SPF, SRA, SRP  A
HR — Croatia HR-0  BPR, BPP, DOR, DOC, HEP, HER, SPF, SRA, SRP  A
GL — Greenland GL-0  SPF  
IL — Israel IL-0  BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SPF, SRP IV 
IS — Iceland IS-0  SPF  
MG — Madagascar MG-0  SPF  
MX — Mexico MX-0  SPF  
NA — Namibia NA-0  SPF  
BPR I 
DOR II 
HER III 
NZ — New Zealand NZ-0  BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SPF, SRA, SRP  A
 PM — St Pierre and Miquelon
 PM-0  SPF  
TH — Thailand TH-0  SPF  
TN — Tunisia TN-0  DOR, BPR, BPP, HER, SPF IV 
TR — Turkey TR-0  SPF  
US — United States US-0  BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SPF, SRA, SRP IV 
UY — Uruguay UY-0  SPF  
ZA — South Africa ZA-0  SPF  
BPR I 
DOR II 
HER III 


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((b)) Part 2 is amended as follows:

((i)) in the section with the subheading ‘Additional guarantees (AG)’, the following is added:
'IVRelevant guarantees for breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for breeding purposes and hatching eggs of Gallus gallus in accordance with EU provisions on the control of Salmonella, have been provided and shall be certified in accordance with model BPP, DOC and HEP respectively.'
((ii)) after the section with the subheading ‘Additional Guarantees (AG)’, the following section is inserted:
'Specific conditions:“A”Prohibition to import into the Community breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for breeding purposes and hatching eggs of Gallus gallus because a Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved by it.'
((iii)) the model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP) is replaced by the following:
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((iv)) the model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC) is replaced by the following:
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((v)) the model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP) is replaced by the following:
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(2) In Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 2006/696/EC, the entries for Bulgaria and Romania are deleted.
