
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 is amended as follows:

((1)) Articles 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:
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Article 4 
The sampling of flocks of origin of eggs intended for Finland and Sweden and subject to a microbiological test as provided for in Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 shall be carried out in accordance with:

((a)) the minimum sampling requirements for laying flocks laid down in the table set out in point 1 of part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003;
((b)) the requirements for monitoring in laying flocks set out in point 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 517/2011.
Article 5 

1. Microbiological testing for Salmonella of the samples taken in accordance with Articles 1 to 4 shall be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the following documents:
(a) in case of samples of meat as referred to in Articles 1, 2 and 3:
((i)) EN/ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp;
((ii)) NMKL (Nordic Committee on Food Analysis) method No 71: Salmonella. Detection in food; or
((iii)) methods validated for meat against the methods referred to in (i) and (ii) or other internationally accepted protocols, provided that they are:

— used on meat from bovine and porcine animals and from poultry, and
— certified by a third party in accordance with the protocol set out in standard EN/ISO 16140 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Protocol for the validation of alternative methods (EN/ISO 16140).
(b) in case of samples of flocks as referred to in Article 4: EN/ISO 6579-2002/Amd1:2007 Annex D: Detection of Salmonella spp. in animal faeces and in environmental samples from the primary production stage.
2. Where the results of the microbiological testing referred to paragraph 1(a) are contested between Member States, the most recent edition of EN/ISO 6579 shall be regarded as the reference method.”
((2)) Annex III is deleted.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 November 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO