
Article 1 
Laying hens, namely productive poultry reared with a view to producing eggs for consumption, to be sent to Finland , Norway  and Sweden shall be subject to a microbiological test, effected by sampling in the flock of origin.
Article 2 
The microbiological test referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out as laid down in Annex I.
Article 3 

(1. Laying hens to be sent to Finland , Norway  and Sweden shall be accompanied by the certificate shown in Annex II.
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Article 4 
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Article 5 
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.
Article 6 
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Done at Brussels, 1 March 2004.
For the Commission
David Byrne
Member of the Commission

ANNEX I
1. The flock of origin must be isolated for 15 days.The microbiological test must be carried out during the 10 days before forwarding of the consignment.The microbiological test must include the following invasive serotypes:
— Salmonella gallinarum,
— Salmonella pullorum,
— Salmonella enteritidis,
— Salmonella berta,
— Salmonella typhimurium,
— Salmonella thompson,
— Salmonella infantis.
2. Composite faeces samples, each sample being composed of separate samples of fresh faeces, each weighing at least one gram, must be taken randomly at a certain number of points in the building in which the birds are being kept or, when the birds have free access to more than one building on a holding, taken in each group of buildings on the holding in which the birds are kept.
3. The number of samples must make it possible to detect with 95 % reliability a 5 % presence of salmonella.
4. 
— Microbiological testing of the samples for salmonella should be carried out to the latest edition of the standard of the International Organisation for Standardisation ISO 6579 ....
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ANNEX II

ANNEX III
Commission Decision 95/161/EC (OJ L 105, 9.5.1995, p. 44)
Commission Decision 97/278/EC (Article 2 only) (OJ L 110, 26.4.1997, p. 77)
ANNEX IV
Decision 95/161/EC This Decision
Articles 1—4 Articles 1—4
Article 5 —
— Article 5
Article 6 Article 6
Annexes I—II Annexes I—II
— Annex III
— Annex IV