
Article 1 
Decision 2005/734/EC is amended as follows:

1.. The following Article 2a is added:
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Article 2a 

1. Member States shall ensure that in the areas of their territory that they have identified as being particularly at risk for the introduction of avian influenza, in accordance with Article 1(1), the following conditions are complied with:
(a) the keeping of poultry in the open air is prohibited without undue delay; however, the competent authority may authorise the keeping of poultry in the open air, provided the poultry are provided with food and water indoors or under a shelter which sufficiently discourages the landing of wild birds and prevents contact by wild birds with the feed or water intended for poultry;
(b) outdoor water reservoirs required for animal welfare reasons for certain poultry are sufficiently screened against wild waterfowl;
(c) the poultry is not be provided with water from surface water reservoirs accessed by wild birds, unless such water was treated to ensure inactivation of possible virus;
(d) the use of birds of the orders Anseriformes and Charadriiformes as decoy during bird-hunting is prohibited; however, such birds may be used as decoy under the strict supervision of the competent authority for the attraction of wild birds intented for sampling in the framework of the surveillance programme set up in Decision 2005/732/EC.
2. Member States shall ensure that the collection of poultry and other birds on markets, shows, exhibitions and cultural events is prohibited; however the competent authority may authorise the collection of poultry and other captive birds on such premises subject to the favourable outcome of a risk assessment.'
2.. The date ‘31 January 2006’ in Article 4 is replaced by the words ‘1 December 2005’.
Article 2 
Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 October 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission