
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 is amended as follows:

1.. In Chapter 4, the following Article 9a is inserted:
'
Article 9a 

1. Until 31 December 2008, by way of derogation from Article 8(1)(a) and based on the outcome of a risk assessment taking into account the entomological and epidemiological conditions of the introduction of animals, Member States of destination may require that the movement of animals, which are covered by the exemption provided for in Article 8(1) and which comply with at least one of the conditions set out in points 1 to 4 of Section A of Annex III but which do not comply with points 5, 6 and 7 of that Section, comply with the following additional conditions:
(a) those animals must be less than 90 days old;
(b) they must have been kept since birth in vector protected confinement;
(c) the tests referred in points 1, 3 and 4 of Section A of Annex III must have been carried out on samples taken not earlier than seven days before the date of the movement.
2. A Member State which intends to apply the additional conditions laid down in paragraph 1 shall notify the Commission in advance.It shall provide the Commission with all the necessary information and data required to justify the application of those additional conditions in view of its entomological and epidemiological situation, in particular with regard to the vector species and virus serotype involved, climate conditions, and the type of husbandry of the susceptible ruminants.If the Commission has not opposed the application within a period of seven days from the date of notification, the notifying Member State shall be entitled to apply those additional conditions forthwith. It shall inform the other Member States without delay.
3. The Commission shall make available to the public information regarding the application of additional conditions in accordance with paragraph 2.'
2.. In Annex III, Section A is amended as follows:

((a)) Point 6(a) is replaced by the following:
'
((a)) they were subjected to two serological tests according to the OIE Terrestrial Manual to detect antibodies against the bluetongue virus serotype, with positive results; the first test being carried out on samples taken between 60 and 360 days before the date of movement and the second test being carried out on samples taken not earlier than seven days before the date of the movement; or';
((b)) In point 7, the introductory phrase and point (a) are replaced by the following:
'The animals have never been vaccinated against the bluetongue virus and were subjected with positive results to two adequate serological tests according to the OIE Terrestrial Manual able to detect specific antibodies against all the bluetongue virus serotypes present or likely to be present, in the epidemiologically relevant geographical area of origin, and
((a)) the first test must have been carried out on samples that were taken between 60 and 360 days before the date of movement and the second test must have been carried out on samples that were taken not earlier than seven days before the date of movement; or'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 April 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission