
Article 1 
In Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, in Part II, point 3 is replaced by the following:
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Where day-old chicks of ratites are not reared in the Member State which imported the hatching eggs, they shall be transported directly to the final destination (as specified in points I.10 and I.11 of the health certificate, Model 2, in Annex IV to Council Directive 2009/158/EC) and kept there for at least three weeks from the date of hatching.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 February 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 December 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO