
Article 1 
Decision 2006/274/EC is amended as follows:

1.. In Article 1, paragraph 2(b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) the transport of breeding and production pigs to a holding outside Germany, provided that the vehicles used for transport of pigs comply with the requirements in Article 6(2)(a) and that the pigs have been resident for at least 30 days, or since birth if less than 30 days of age, on a single holding:

((i)) which is situated outside the areas listed in Annex I;
((ii)) which has not received live pigs during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs;
((iii)) on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.'
2.. Article 2, paragraph 1(b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) no pigs are dispatched from the areas listed in Annex I(B) to other areas within Germany, except for direct transport of:

((i)) slaughter pigs to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs originate from one single holding;
((ii)) breeding and production pigs to a holding, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 30 days, or since birth if less than 30 days of age, on a single holding:

— which has not received live pigs during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs; and
— on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.'
3.. Article 2, paragraph 2(b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) to a holding situated within the areas laid down in Annex I, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 30 days, or since birth if less than 30 days of age, on a single holding:

((i)) which has not received live pigs during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs;
((ii)) on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.
The German authorities shall record the above movements and inform immediately the Commission in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on the movements that take place from a holding situated within the areas laid down in Annex I (A) to a holding situated within the areas laid down in Annex I (B).'
4.. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
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Article 6 
Member States shall ensure that vehicles which have been used for the transport of pigs in Germany or have entered a holding in Germany where pigs are kept are cleaned and disinfected twice after the last operation before these vehicles may be used for the transport of pigs outside Germany.'
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 May 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission