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3.5.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
113/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 427/2011
of 2 May 2011
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Israel in the list of third
countries, territories, zones or compartments
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
accordance with Part II of Annex IV to that Regulation
during a three-month period following completion of the
stamping out policy and cleansing and disinfection.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(3) Israel
is
listed
in
Part
1
of
Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008 as a third country from which all poultry
commodities covered by that Regulation may be
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of
imported into the Union. Following a HPAI outbreak
16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules
in early 2010 imports of certain commodities from
governing the production, processing, distribution and intro
Israel to the Union were restricted to defined parts of
duction of products of animal origin for human
its territory by that Regulation, as amended by
consumption ( 1 ) and in particular the introductory phrase of
Commission Regulation (EU) No 332/2010 ( 4 ). The area
Article 8, the first paragraph of point 1 of Article 8 and
from which imports of certain commodities were
point 4 of Article 8 thereof,
prohibited is described in column 3 with the code IL-2
in the entry for Israel in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 798/2008 and applied until 1 May 2010.
However, the prohibition of imports of certain poultry
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of
commodities from IL-2 in relation to that outbreak
30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing
should continue for commodities produced before that
intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries
date.
of, poultry and hatching eggs (


2 ), and in particular Articles
23(1) and 24(2) thereof,
(4) In
addition,
on
8
March
2011
Israel
has
notified
the
Whereas:
Commission of an outbreak of HPAI of the H5N1

subtype on its territory.
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008
of
8
August
2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories,
(5) Due
to
the
confirmed
outbreak
of
HPAI,
the
territory
of
zones or compartments from which poultry and
Israel may no longer be considered as free from that
poultry products may be imported into and transit
disease. As a consequence, the veterinary authorities of
through the Community and the veterinary certification
Israel have suspended issuing veterinary certificates for
requirements (
consignments of certain poultry commodities

3 ) provides that the commodities covered
by it are only to be imported into and transited through
accordingly.
the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or
compartments listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I
thereto.
(6) Israel
has
submitted
information
to
the
Commission
on
the control measures taken in relation to the recent
outbreak of the disease. That information and the
(2) Pursuant
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
798/2008,
where
an
epidemiological situation in Israel have been evaluated
outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
by the Commission.
occurs in a third country, territory, zone or compartment
previously free of that disease, that third country,
territory, zone or compartment is to again be considered
as free of HPAI, provided that certain conditions are met.
(7)
Israel has implemented a stamping out policy in order to
Those conditions concern the implementation of a
control the disease and limit its spread. The prompt and
stamping out policy to control the disease, including
decisive action taken by Israel to confine the disease and
adequate cleansing and disinfection carried out on all
the positive outcome of the evaluation of the epidemi
previously infected establishments. In addition, avian
ological situation allow limiting the restrictions on
influenza surveillance must have been carried out in
imports into the Union for certain poultry commodities
to the zone affected by the disease, which the veterinary
authorities of Israel have placed under restrictions.
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
( 2 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74.
( 3 ) OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 102, 23.4.2010, p. 10.

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(8) In
addition,
Israel
is
carrying
out
surveillance
activities
for (11) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
avian influenza which appear to meet the requirements
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
laid down in Part II of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
798/2008.
(9) Taking
into
account
the
favourable
development
of
the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
epidemiological situation and the surveillance activities
for avian influenza in resolving the outbreak in
accordance with the conditions set out in Regulation
Article 1
(EC) No 798/2008, it is appropriate to limit the time
period during which the authorisation for imports into
In Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, the entry
the Union is suspended to a three-month period until
for Israel is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
14 June 2011 following adequate cleansing and disin
fection of the previously infected holding.
Article 2
(10) Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
amended accordingly.
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, 2 May 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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3.5.2011 Off
ANNEX
‘IL — Israel IL-0 Whole
country SPF
EP, E
S4
EN
IL-1 Area
of
Israel
excluding
IL-2
and
IL-3 BPR,
BPP,
DOC,
N
A S5,
ST1

DOR, HEP,
HER, SRP
WGM VIII
POU, RAT
N
IL-2 Area
of
Israel
inside
the
following
BPR, BPP, DOC,
N, P2 1.5.2010
A S5,
ST1
boundaries:
DOR, HEP,
HER, SRP
icial
— to the west: road number 4,
Jour
— to the south: road number 5812
WGM VIII P2 1.5.2010
connecting to road number 5815,
nal
— to the east: the security fence until
POU, RAT N,
P2 1.5.2010
of
road number 6513,
the
— to the north: road number 6513
European
until the junction with road 65.
From this point in a straight line
to the entrance of Givat Nili and
Union
from there in a straight line to the
junction of roads 652 and 4.
IL-3 Area
of
Israel
inside
the
following
BPR, BPP, DOC,
N, P2 8.3.2011 14.6.2011
A S5,
ST1
boundaries:
DOR, HEP,
HER, SRP
— to the north: road 386 until
municipal boundaries of Jerusalem,
the Refaim river, the former Israel
WGM VIII P2 8.3.2011 14.6.2011
Jordan border (“green line”),
POU, RAT N,
P2 8.3.2011 14.6.2011’
— to the east: road 356,
— to the south: roads 8670, 3517
and 354,
— to the west: a straight line going
north until road 367, following
367 west and then north until
road 375 and west of the village
L
of Matta a north-north-east line to
113/5
road 386.

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