RS 916.443.114.54 Order of the OSAV of 12 May 2016 establishing measures to prevent the introduction in Switzerland of avian influenza from Italy

Original Language Title: RS 916.443.114.54 Ordonnance de l’OSAV du 12 mai 2016 instituant des mesures destinées à prévenir l’introduction en Suisse de l’influenza aviaire en provenance d’Italie

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916.443.114.54 OSAV Order instituting measures to prevent the introduction of avian influenza in Switzerland from Italy

May 12, 2016 (State on May 14, 2016)

The Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (FVO),

See art. 24, para. 3, let. A, of the Law of 1 ^Er July 1966 on epizootics ¹, given art. 5, para. 4, of the order of 18 November 2015 regulating the trade in imports, transit and export of animals and animal products with the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway ²,

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Art. 1 Purpose and Purpose

¹ The purpose of this order is to prevent the introduction of avian influenza in Switzerland.

² It regulates the import of live poultry, egg-ready poultry, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, poultry meat and table eggs from Italy.

Art. 2 Imports of live poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day chicks and hatching eggs

The import of live poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day chicks and hatching eggs from the Italian protection and surveillance zones set out in the annex is prohibited.

Art. 3 Importation of Poultry Meat

The importation of poultrymeat from the Italian protection areas listed in the Annex is prohibited unless the meat has been subjected to the heat treatment provided for in Directive 2002 /99/EC ¹.

¹ Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the health police rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin intended for human consumption, OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 3. 11; last amended by Directive 2013 /20/EU, OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 234.

Art. 4 Importing table eggs

¹ The import of table eggs from the Italian protection and surveillance zones listed in the Annex is prohibited.

² No ban on imports of table eggs that:

A.: Come from areas of protection, if the importer can establish that the conditions laid down in s. 26, para. 2, of Directive 2005 /94/EC ¹ Are completed;
B.: Come from the surveillance zones, if the importer can establish that the conditions laid down in s. 30, let. C, c. V and vi, of Directive 2005 /94/EC are fulfilled.

¹ Council Directive 2005 /94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures to combat avian influenza and repealing Directive 92 /40/EEC, OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16; as amended by Directive 2008 /73/EC, OJ L 219, 14.8.2008, p. 40.

Art. 5 Entry into force

This Order comes into force on May 14, 2016.

Annex

(art. 2 to 4)

Protection and surveillance zones

The following Italian territories have been designated as "protection zones" and "surveillance zones":

SNMA Code ¹	Comuna	Territory	Is Protection Area To	Is Monitoring Area To
44015	Swine	The entire territory of the municipality	26.5.2016	4.6.2016
44020	Ostellato	The entire territory of the municipality	26.5.2016	4.6.2016
44020	Masi Torello	The entire territory of the municipality		4.6.2016
44039	Tresigallo	The entire territory of the municipality		4.6.2016
44019	Voghiera	The entire territory of the municipality		4.6.2016
44027	Taxation	Parts of the commune located south of the provincial highway n ^O 15		4.6.2016
44035	Formignana	Parts of the commune located west of Provincial Road n ^O 4		4.6.2016
44121	Ferrara	Parts of the municipality east of Via Ponte Assa		4.6.2016
44011	Argenta	Parts of the commune located west of Provincial Road n ^O 48		4.6.2016

¹ SNMA-Electronic notification system for EU animal diseases.

Status May 14, 2016