art_15__para_1

1. In the case of consignments of poultry and hatching eggs from Member States or regions of Member States which vaccinate poultry against Newcastle disease to a Member State or region of a Member State the status of which has been established in accordance with paragraph 2, the following rules shall apply: hatching eggs shall come from flocks which are: not vaccinated, or vaccinated using inactivated vaccine, or vaccinated using a live vaccine, provided that vaccination has taken place at least 30 days before the collection of the hatching eggs; day-old chicks (including chicks intended for restocking supplies of game) shall not be vaccinated against Newcastle disease, and shall come from: hatching eggs satisfying the conditions in point (a), and a hatchery where working practice ensures that such eggs are incubated at completely separate times and locations from eggs not satisfying the conditions in point (a); breeding and productive poultry shall: not be vaccinated against Newcastle disease, and have been isolated for 14 days before consignment, at either a holding or a quarantine station under the supervision of the official veterinarian. In this connection, no poultry at the holding of origin or quarantine station, as applicable, may have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease during the 21 days preceding consignment and no bird which is not due for consignment may have entered the holding or the quarantine station during that time; in addition, no vaccination may be carried out in the quarantine stations, and have undergone, during the 14 days preceding consignment, representative serological testing, with negative results, to detect Newcastle disease antibodies in accordance with detailed rules adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2); slaughter poultry shall come from flocks which: if not vaccinated against Newcastle disease, satisfy the requirements of point (c)(iii); if vaccinated, have undergone, during the 14 days preceding consignment and on the basis of a representative sample, a test to isolate Newcastle disease virus complying with detailed rules adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

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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.