
Article 1 
Member States shall suspend imports from the counties in Romania listed in the Annex to this Decision of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and hatching eggs of these species.
Article 2 
Member States shall suspend imports from the counties in Romania listed in the Annex to this Decision of:

((a)) fresh meat of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game; and
((b)) meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or containing meat of the species referred to in point (a).
Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 2(a) and (b), Member States shall authorise imports of the products covered by that Article which have been obtained from poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game coming from the counties in Romania listed in the Annex to this Decision and which were slaughtered or killed before 1 October 2005.
2. In the veterinary certificates accompanying consignments of the products referred to in paragraph 1, the following words shall be included:'Fresh poultry meat/fresh ratite meat/fresh meat of wild feathered game/fresh meat of farmed feathered game/meat product consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat/meat preparation consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat in accordance with Article 3(1) of Commission Decision 2006/264/EC.'
3. By way of derogation from point (b) of Article 2 of this Decision, Member States shall authorise imports of meat products consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, when the meat of these species has undergone one of the specific treatments referred to in points B, C or D in Part 4 of Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC.
4. The specific treatment applied in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall be specified in point 9.1 column B in the veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex III to Decision 2005/432/EC, and the following wording shall be added to that certificate:‘Meat products treated in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/264/EC’.
5. The specific treatment applied in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall be certified by adding the following wording to the veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out Annex IV to Decision 2005/432/EC:‘Meat products treated in accordance with Decision 2006/264/EC’.
Article 4 
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 5 
This Decision shall apply until 31 July 2006.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 March 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Parts of the territory of Romania referred to in Articles 1 and 2 respectively:

 Arges county
 Brasov county
 Bucharest county
 Braila county
 Buzau county
 Caras-Severin county
 Calarasi county
 Constanta county
 Dambovita county
 Giurgiu county
 Gorj county
 Ialomita county
 Ilfov county
 Mehedinti county
 Mures county
 Olt county
 Prahova county
 Tulcea county
 Vaslui county
 Valcea county
 Vrancea county
