
Article 1 
This Regulation lays down certain rules for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in the framework of the ... control programmes adopted pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 (... control programmes).
Article 2 

1. Antimicrobials shall not be used as a specific method to control salmonella in poultry.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, and subject to the conditions specified in points (a), (b) and (c), and in paragraph 3 of this Article, antimicrobials authorised in accordance with  the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013  may be used in the following exceptional circumstances:
(a) poultry presenting salmonella infection with clinical signs in a way likely to cause undue suffering to the animals; the infected flocks treated with antimicrobials shall still be considered infected with salmonella; appropriate measures shall be taken in breeding flocks to reduce as much as possible the risk of spreading salmonella through the rest of the breeding pyramid;
(b) salvaging of valuable genetic material in breeding flocks in order to establish new salmonella-free flocks, including ‘elite flocks’, flocks from endangered breeds, and flocks kept for research purposes; chicks born from hatching eggs collected from poultry treated with antimicrobials shall be subject to fortnightly sampling during the rearing phase, with a scheme aiming to detect 1 % prevalence of relevant salmonella with a 95 % confidence limit;
(c) authorisation given by the competent authority on a case-by-case basis for purposes other than salmonella control in a flock suspect of salmonella infection, in particular following the epidemiological investigation of a food-borne outbreak or the detection of salmonella at the hatchery or at the holding; however,  the appropriate authority  may decide to allow treatment without prior authorisation in emergency situations, subject to taking samples by an approved veterinarian as defined in point (g) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and reporting the treatment immediately to the competent authority; the flocks shall be considered as infected with salmonella if sampling did not take place in accordance with the provisions in this paragraph.
3. The use of antimicrobials shall be subject to supervision of and reporting to the competent authority. This use shall be based wherever possible on the results of bacteriological sampling and of susceptibility testing.
4. The provisions referred to in this Article shall not apply to substances, micro-organisms or preparations authorised for use as feed additives in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5.) In this Article,  ‘the appropriate authority’ means—
(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b)) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
but, in relation to Scotland, the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers.
Article 3 

1. Live salmonella vaccines shall not be used in the framework of ... control programmes where the manufacturer does not provide an appropriate method to distinguish bacteriologically wild-type strains of salmonella from vaccine strains.
2. Live salmonella vaccines shall not be used in the framework of ... control programmes in laying hens during production unless the safety of the use has been demonstrated and they are authorised for such purpose in accordance with  the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.
3. Vaccination programmes against Salmonella enteritidis reducing the shedding and contamination of eggs, shall be applied at least during rearing to all laying hens  as long as they did not demonstrate a prevalence below 10% based on the monitoring to follow up a target, set in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.The competent authority may provide derogation from this provision to a holding if
— it is satisfied with the preventive measures taken on the holding of rearing and on the holding of egg production, and
— the absence of Salmonella enteritidis was demonstrated on the holding of rearing and production during the 12 months preceding the arrival of the animals.
Article 4 
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...Done at Brussels, 1 August 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission