
Article 1 
In Article 7 of Decision 2005/692/EC, the date ‘31 December 2010’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2012’.
Article 2 
Decision 2005/734/EC is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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4. Member States shall regularly review the measures they have taken pursuant to paragraph 1, and in the light of the surveillance programmes that they have carried out in accordance with Article 4 of Council Directive 2005/94/EC, in order to adjust to the changing epidemiological and ornithological situation, the areas of their territory that they have identified as being particularly at risk from the introduction of avian influenza.';
2.. in Article 2a(1), point (d) is replaced by the following:
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((d)) the use of birds of the orders Anseriformes and Charadriiformes as decoy birds (decoy birds).';
3.. in Article 2b(1), point (d) is amended as follows:

((a)) the introductory phrase and (i) is replaced by the following:
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((d)) the use of decoy birds:

((i)) by decoy bird holders registered with the competent authority, under the strict supervision of the competent authority for the attraction of wild birds intended for sampling pursuant to the Member States’ programmes for avian influenza, research projects, ornithological studies or any other activity approved by the competent authority; or';
((b)) in (ii), the third indent is replaced by the following:
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— the recording and reporting of the health status of decoy birds and laboratory testing for avian influenza in the case of deaths of such birds and at the end of the period of use in the area identified at particular risk for the introduction of avian influenza,';
4.. in Article 4, the date ‘31 December 2010’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2012’.
Article 3 
In Article 12 of Decision 2006/415/EC, the date ‘31 December 2010’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2011’.
Article 4 
Decision 2007/25/EC is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1(1), point (b) is amended as follows:

((a)) point (i) is replaced by the following:
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((i)) have undergone isolation for 30 days prior to export at the place of departure in a third country listed in Part 1 of Annex I or Part 1 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, or';
((b)) point (iv) is replaced by the following:
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((iv)) have been in isolation for at least 10 days prior to export and have undergone a test to detect the avian influenza H5N1 antigen or genome as laid down in the Chapter on avian influenza of the Manual of Diagnostic tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, as regularly updated by the OIE, carried out on a sample taken not earlier than the third day of isolation.';
2.. in Article 6, the date ‘31 December 2010’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2012’;
3.. Annexes II and III are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 5 
In Article 3 of Decision 2009/494/EC, the date ‘31 December 2010’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2012’.
Article 6 
The 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 7 
For a transitional period until 31 March 2011, pet birds for which the veterinary certificate and declaration of the owner have been issued in accordance with Decision 2007/25/EC, before the amendments made by this Decision, may continue to be introduced into the Union.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 November 2010.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annexes II and III to Decision 2007/25/EC are replaced by the following:

ANNEX II 
ANNEX III 
I, the undersigned owner/person responsible for the bird(s) on behalf of the owner declare:


1.. The bird(s) is/are accompanying the undersigned person and are not intended to be sold or transferred to another owner.
2.. The bird(s) will remain under the responsibility of the undersigned person during its/their non-commercial movement.
3.. During the period between the pre-movement veterinary inspection and the actual departure the bird(s) will remain isolated from any possible contact with any other bird(s); and
4.. either[The bird(s) has/have been confined on the premises for a period of at least 30 days immediately prior to the date of dispatch without coming into contact with any other bird(s).]or[The bird(s) has/have undergone the 10 days pre-movement isolation.]or[I have made arrangements for the 30 days post-introduction quarantine of the bird(s) at the quarantine premises of …, as indicated in the corresponding Certificate.]

… …
(Date and Place) (Signature)
