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1. Where a Member State draws up or has drawn up a voluntary or compulsory control programme for a disease to which poultry are susceptible, it may present the programme to the Commission, outlining in particular: the distribution of the disease in its territory; the reasons for the programme, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the programme’s likely benefit in relation to its cost; the geographical area in which the programme will be implemented; the status categories to be applied to poultry establishments, the standards which must be attained in each category, and the test procedures to be used; the programme monitoring procedures; the action to be taken if, for any reason, an establishment loses its status; the measures to be taken if the results of the tests carried out in accordance with the provisions of the programme are positive.

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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.