
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1010/2006 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 4 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The slaughter or killing of part of a breeding flock shall, where it is brought forward by six weeks or more in order to reduce the production of eggs for hatching falling within CN codes 0105 92 00, 0105 93 00, 0105 99 10, 0105 99 20, 0105 99 30 and 0105 99 50, be regarded as an exceptional market support measure pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, provided no bird is then put into production at the location in question during that period.';
((b)) the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
'Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member State concerned, for the early slaughter or killing referred to in paragraph 1, subject to both the maximum number of pieces laid down in Annex IV and the time limits specified therein.'.
2.. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
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Article 7 

1. The early slaughter or killing of ready-to-lay pullets shall be regarded as an exceptional market support measure pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.
2. Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member State concerned, for slaughter or killing as referred to in paragraph 1, subject to both the maximum number of birds laid down in Annex VII and the time limits specified therein.The maximum level of compensation shall be set at a flat rate of EUR 3,2 per ready-to-lay pullet.'.
3.. In Article 10, ‘31 December 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 March 2007’.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 11 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 October 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission