ANNEX II

1. In order to be approved by the competent authority for the purposes of intra-Community trade, establishments must: satisfy the conditions as regards facilities and operation set out in Chapter II; apply and adhere to a disease surveillance programme approved by the competent central veterinary authority, taking into account the requirements of Chapter III; provide every facility for the carrying out of the operations listed in point (d); be subject to the supervision of the competent veterinary authority within the context of an organised form of animal health monitoring. Such monitoring shall include in particular: at least one inspection visit per year by the official veterinarian, supplemented by checks to verify the application of hygiene measures and the operation of the establishment in accordance with the conditions in Chapter II, the recording by the farmer of all the information necessary for the continuous monitoring of the health status of the establishment by the competent veterinary authority, contain only poultry. 2. The competent authority shall give each establishment which complies with the conditions laid down in point 1 a distinguishing number, which may be the same as that given pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. Pedigree breeding, breeding and rearing establishments 1. Facilities The setting and layout of the facilities must be compatible with the type of production pursued, ensuring that the introduction of disease can be prevented or, if an outbreak occurs, that it can be controlled. If an establishment houses several species of poultry, there must be a clear separation between them. The facilities must provide good conditions of hygiene and allow health monitoring to be carried out. The equipment must be compatible with the type of production pursued, and allow cleansing and disinfection of the facilities and of vehicles for transporting poultry and eggs at the most suitable spot. 2. Rearing Rearing techniques must be based as far as possible on the ‘protected rearing’ principle and on the ‘all-in/all-out’ principle. Cleansing, disinfection and depopulation must be carried out between batches. Pedigree-breeding, breeding and rearing establishments must house only poultry: from the establishment itself, and/or, from other pedigree-breeding, breeding or rearing establishments in the Community approved in accordance with Article 6(a)(i), and/or, imported from third countries in accordance with this Directive, Hygiene rules must be drawn up by the management of the establishment; personnel must wear appropriate working clothing and visitors protective clothing. Buildings, pens and equipment must be kept in good repair. Eggs must be collected several times a day, and must be clean and be disinfected as soon as possible. The farmer must notify the authorised veterinarian of any variation in production performance or any other sign suggesting the presence of a contagious poultry disease. As soon as disease is suspected, the authorised veterinarian must send the samples needed for making or confirming the diagnosis to an approved laboratory. A flock history, register or data medium must be kept for each flock for at least two years after the disposal of the flock and must show: arrivals and departures, production performance, morbidity and mortality with causes, any laboratory tests and the results thereof, the place of origin of the poultry, the destination of eggs, Where a contagious poultry disease occurs, the results of laboratory tests must be communicated immediately to the authorised veterinarian. Hatcheries 1. Facilities A hatchery must be physically and operationally separate from rearing facilities. The layout must be such as to allow the various functional units listed below to be kept separate: egg storage and grading, disinfection, pre-incubation, hatching, preparation and packaging of goods for dispatch, Buildings must be protected against birds coming from outside and rodents; floors and walls must be of hard-wearing, impervious and washable materials; natural or artificial lighting and air flow and temperature systems must be of an appropriate type; provision must be made for the hygienic evacuation of waste (eggs and chicks). Equipment must have smooth and waterproof surfaces. 2. Operation Operation must be based on a one-way circuit for eggs, mobile equipment and personnel. Hatching eggs must be: from Community pedigree breeding or breeding establishments approved in accordance with Article 6(a)(i), imported from third countries in accordance with this Directive, Hygiene rules must be drawn up by the management of the establishment; personnel must wear appropriate working clothing and visitors protective clothing. Buildings and equipment must be kept in good repair. The following must be disinfected: eggs, between the time of their arrival and the incubation process, the incubators, regularly, hatchers and equipment, after the hatching of each batch, A programme of microbiological quality control must be used to assess the health status of the hatchery. The farmer must notify the authorised veterinarian of any variation in production performance or any other sign suggesting the presence of a contagious poultry disease. As soon as contagious disease is suspected, the authorised veterinarian must send the samples needed for making or confirming the diagnosis to an approved laboratory and inform the competent veterinary authority, which shall decide on appropriate measures to be taken. A flock history, register or data medium for the hatchery must be kept for at least two years showing, if possible by flock: the origin of the eggs and their arrival date, hatching yields, any abnormalities, any laboratory tests and the results thereof, details of any vaccination programmes, the number and the destination of incubated eggs which have not hatched, the destination of day-old chicks, Where a contagious poultry disease occurs, the results of laboratory tests must be communicated immediately to the authorised veterinarian. Without prejudice to health measures and to Articles 16 and 17, disease surveillance programmes must, as a minimum, comprise surveillance of the infections and species listed below. Salmonella pullorum, Salmonella gallinarum and Salmonella arizonae infections 1. Species concerned Salmonella pullorum et gallinarum: fowls, turkeys, guinea fowls, quails, pheasants, partridges and ducks. Salmonella arizonae: turkeys. 2. Disease surveillance programme Serological and/or bacteriological tests must be used to determine whether an infection is present. Samples for testing must be taken, as appropriate, from blood, second-grade chicks, down or dust taken from hatchers, swabs taken from the walls of the hatchery, litter or water from a drinker. When blood samples are taken from a flock for serological testing for Salmonella pullorum or Salmonella arizonae, prevalence of infection in the country concerned and its past incidence in the establishment must be allowed for in determining the number of samples to be taken. Flocks must be inspected during each laying period at the best time for detecting the disease. Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma meleagridis infections 1. Species concerned Mycoplasma gallisepticum: fowls and turkeys. Mycoplasma meleagridis: turkeys. 2. Disease surveillance programme Presence of infection must be tested by serological and/or bacteriological testing and/or by the presence of air sacculitis lesions in day-old chicks and turkey poults. Samples for testing must be taken, as appropriate, from blood, day-old chicks and turkey poults, sperm, or swabs taken from the trachea, the cloaca or air sacs. Tests for detecting Mycoplasma gallisepticum or Mycoplasma meleagridis must be performed on a representative sample in order to allow continuous surveillance of the infection during rearing and laying, i.e. just before the start of laying and every three months thereafter. C. Results and measures to be taken If there are no reactors, the test is deemed negative. Otherwise, the flock is suspect and the measures specified in Chapter IV must be applied to it. D. In the case of holdings which consist of two or more separate production units, the competent veterinary authority may derogate from these measures as regards healthy production units on a holding which is infected provided that the authorised veterinarian has confirmed that the structure and size of these production units and the operations carried out there are such that the production units provide completely separate facilities for housing, keeping and feeding, so that the disease in question cannot spread from one production unit to another. 1. Approval granted to an establishment must be suspended: when the conditions laid down in Chapter II are no longer met; until an investigation appropriate to the disease has been completed, if: avian influenza or Newcastle disease are suspected at the establishment, the establishment has received poultry or hatching eggs from an establishment with suspected or actual infection by avian influenza or Newcastle disease, contact liable to transmit the infection has occurred between the establishment and the site of an outbreak of avian influenza or Newcastle disease, until such time as new tests are performed, if the results of surveillance carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III for infection by Salmonella pullorum, Salmonella gallinarum, Salmonella arizonae, Mycoplasma gallisepticum or Mycoplasma meleagridis give cause to suspect infection; until completion of the appropriate measures required by the official veterinarian, if the establishment is found not to conform with the requirements of Chapter I, point 1(a), (b) and (c). 2. Approval must be withdrawn: if avian influenza or Newcastle disease occurs at the establishment; if a second test of an appropriate type confirms the presence of infection by Salmonella pullorum, Salmonella gallinarum, Salmonella arizonae, Mycoplasma gallisepticum or Mycoplasma meleagridis; if, after a second notice served by the official veterinarian, action to bring the establishment into line with the requirements of Chapter I, point 1(a), (b) and (c), has not been taken. 3. Conditions for restoring approval if: approval has been withdrawn because of an occurrence of avian influenza or Newcastle disease, it may be restored 21 days after cleansing and disinfection if sanitary slaughter has been carried out; approval has been withdrawn because of infection caused by: Salmonella pullorum et gallinarum, or Salmonella arizonae, it may be restored after negative results have been recorded in two tests performed with an interval of at least 21 days on the establishment and after disinfection following sanitary slaughter of the infected flock, Mycoplasma gallisepticum or Mycoplasma meleagridis, it may be restored after negative results have been recorded in two tests performed on the entire flock with an interval of at least 60 days,

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.