
Article 1 

1. France shall establish the protection and surveillance zones in accordance with Article 16(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC, and
(a) France shall publish lists of the protection and surveillance zones established in accordance with Article 16(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC (‘the lists’).
(b) France shall ensure that the lists are kept up-to-date and provide any update immediately to the Commission, to other Member States and to the public.
2. The Commission shall publish the lists on its website, for information purposes only.
Article 2 

1. Without prejudice to the measures to be applied in the protection and surveillance zones in accordance with Article 1 of this Decision, France shall establish a further restricted zone in accordance with Article 16(4) of Directive 2005/94/EC which includes at least the areas listed as further restricted zone in the Annex to this Decision.
2. France shall ensure that no consignments of live poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs are dispatched from the areas listed in the Annex.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authority of France may authorise the dispatch of consignments of day-old chicks from the areas listed in the Annex outside the established protection and surveillance zones to holdings located within that Member State or to other Member States or to third countries provided that:
(a) they are hatched from hatching eggs originating from poultry holdings located outside the protection and surveillance zones;
(b) the hatchery of dispatch can ensure by its logistics and biosecurity working conditions that no contact has occurred between these hatching eggs and any other hatching eggs or day-old-chicks originating from poultry flocks within established protection and surveillance zones and which are therefore of a different health status;
(c) the competent authority of the Member State or third country of destination is given written notification in advance and has agreed to receive the consignments of the day-old chicks and to notify the date of arrival of the consignments at the holding of destination on its territory to the competent authority of France.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authority of France may authorise the dispatch of consignments of hatching eggs from the areas listed in the Annex outside the established protection and surveillance zones to hatcheries located within that Member State, other Member States or third countries provided that they are collected from holdings situated on the day of collection in the further restricted zone listed in the Annex, and on which the poultry have tested negative in a serological survey for avian influenza capable of detecting 5 % prevalence of disease with at least a 95 % level of confidence and traceability is ensured.
5. France shall ensure that the veterinary certificates provided for in Annex IV to Directive 2009/158/EC accompanying the consignments referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article to be dispatched to other Member States include the words:'The consignment complies with the animal health conditions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2460.'.
Article 3 
The competent authority of France shall authorise the dispatch of poultry for direct slaughter from the areas in the surveillance zones listed in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 1 to a designated slaughterhouse located within the surveillance or the further restricted zone provided that such movement is carried out:

((a)) without any undue delay as a single trip;
((b)) under stringent biosecurity measures including a strict separation from poultry originating from other regions, as well as cleaning and disinfection measures.
Article 4 
Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2239 is repealed.
Article 5 
This Decision shall apply until 31 March 2016.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 2015.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Further restricted zone as referred to in Article 1:

ISO Country Code Member State Name (Department number)  
FR France Areas comprising the departments of:
  DORDOGNE (24)GERS (32)GIRONDE (33)HAUTE-VIENNE (87)HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES (65)LANDES (40)LOT-ET-GARONNE (47)PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES (64)  
  Areas comprising parts of the departments of:  
  CHARENTE (16) the commune of: 16254 PALLUAUD
  LOT (46) the communes of 46006460084606146066460724608746098461144611846120461264612746145461524615346164461694617146178461844618646194462004620546209462154621646219462224623446239462414625046257462584625946297463094631646334 ANGLARS-NOZACLES ARQUESCASSAGNESCAZALSCONCORESDEGAGNACFAJOLESFRAYSSINET-LE-GELATGIGNACGINDOUGOUJOUNACGOURDONLACHAPELLE-AUZACLAMOTHE-FENELONLANZACLAVERCANTIERELEOBARDLHERMLOUPIACMARMINIACMASCLATMILHACMONTCLERAMONTGESTYNADAILLAC-DE-ROUGEPAYRACPAYRIGNACPEYRILLESPOMAREDERAMPOUXLE ROCROUFFILHACSAINT-CAPRAISSAINT-CIRQ-MADELONSAINT-CIRQ-SOUILLAGUETSAINT-CLAIRSALVIACSOUILLACTHEDIRACLE VIGAN
  CORREZE (19) the communes of: 190151903019047190661907719107191201912419161191821919119195192291923919289 AYENBRIGNAC-LA-PLAINECHARTRIER-FERRIÈRECUBLACESTIVALSLARCHELOUIGNACMANSACPERPEZAC-LE-BLANCSAINT-AULAIRESAINT-CERNIN-DE-LARCHESAINT-CYPRIENSAINT-PANTALÉON-DE-LARCHESAINT-ROBERTYSSANDON