Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease

• Published date: 05 June 2003
• Subject Matter: legislazione veterinaria,legislación veterinaria,législation vétérinaire
• Official Gazette Publication: Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee, L 260, 5 settembre 1992,Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas, L 260, 5 de septiembre de 1992,Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 260, 5 septembre 1992

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►B COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease (OJ L 260 5.9.1992, p. 1)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
M1	COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003	L 122	1	16.5.2003
M2	COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/104/EC of 20 November 2006	L 363	352	20.12.2006
►M3	COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2008/73/EC Text with EEA relevance of 15 July 2008	L 219	40	14.8.2008
►M4	DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/597 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL Text with EEA relevance of 18 April 2018	L 103	4	23.4.2018

Amended by:

A1	ACT (94/C 241/08)	C 241	21	29.8.1994
		L 001	1	..
A2	ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded	L 236	33	23.9.2003

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/66/EEC

of 14 July 1992

introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease

Article 1

Without prejudice to the Community provisions governing intra-Community trade, this Directive defines the Community control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease in:

(a) poultry;

(b) racing pigeons and other birds kept in captivity.

This Directive shall not apply where Newcastle disease is detected in wild birds living freely; however, in that case, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission of any measure it takes.

Article 2

For the purpose of this Directive, the definitions given in Article 2 of Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs ( 1 ) shall apply as appropriate.

The following definitions shall also apply:

(a) ‘infected poultry’ means any poultry:

— in which the presence of Newcastle disease has been officially confirmed following an examination by an approved laboratory, or

— in the case of second and subsequent outbreaks in which clinical symptoms or post-mortem lesions consistent with Newcastle disease are present;

(b) ‘poultry suspected of being infected’ means any poultry showing clinical signs or post-mortem lesions which are such that the presence of Newcastle disease may reasonably be suspected;

(c) ‘poultry suspected of being contaminated’ means any poultry which may have been directly or indirectly exposed to the Newcastle-disease virus;

(d) ‘swill’ means waste from kitchens, restaurants or, where appropriate, from industries using meat;

(e) ‘competent authority’ means the competent authority within the meaning of Article 2 (6) of Directive 90/425/EEC ( 2 );

(f) ‘official veterinarian’ means the veterinarian designated by the competent authority;

(g) ‘racing pigeon’ means any pigeon transported or intended for transport from its pigeon house to be released so that it may freely fly back to its pigeon house or to any other destination;

(h) ‘pigeon house’ means any installation used for keeping or breeding racing pigeons.

Article 3

Member States shall ensure that there is compulsory and immediate notification of the suspected presence of Newcastle disease to the competent authority.

Article 4

1. When poultry in a holding are suspected of being infected or contaminated with Newcastle disease, Member States shall ensure that the official veterinarian immediately activates official investigation arrangements to confirm or rule out the presence of the disease and, in particular, must take or have taken the samples necessary for laboratory examination.

2. As soon as the suspected infection is notified, the competent authority shall have the holding placed under official surveillance and shall in particular require that:

(a) a record be made of all categories of poultry on the holding showing in respect of each of the categories the numbers of poultry which have died, which show clinical signs, and which show no signs. The record shall be kept up-to-date to include birds born or dying during the period in which there is a suspicion. The data in the record shall be kept up-to-date and be produced on request, and may be checked at each visit;

(b) all poultry on the holding are kept in their living quarters or confined in some other place where they can be isolated and without contact with other poultry;

(c) no poultry enter or leave the holding;

(d) all movement

— of persons, other animals and vehicles to or from the holding,

— of poultry meat or carcasses, or of animal feed, implements, waste, droppings, manure litter or anything liable to transmit Newcastle disease be subject to authorization by the competent authority;

(e) no eggs shall leave the holding with the exception of eggs sent directly to an establishment approved for the manufacture and/or processing of egg products under Article 6 (1) of Directive 89/437/EEC ( 3 ), and transported under an authorization which has been granted by the competent authority. Such authorization must meet the requirements laid down in Annex 1;

(f) appropriate means of disinfection be installed at the entrances and exits of buildings housing poultry and of the holding itself;

(g) an epizootiological inquiry be carried out in accordance with Article 7.

3. Until such time as the official measures laid down in paragraph 2 are enforced, the owner or keeper of any poultry in which disease is suspected shall take all reasonable action to ensure compliance with paragraph 2, except for (g) thereof.

4. The competent authority may apply any of the measures provided for in paragraph 2 to other holdings should their location, their configuration or contacts with the holding where the disease is suspected give reason to suspect possible contamination.

5. The measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be withdrawn until the suspicion of Newcastle disease has been ruled out by the official veterinarian.

Article 5

1. Once the presence of Newcastle disease in poultry has been officially confirmed on a holding, the Member States shall ensure that the competent authority requires, in addition to the measures listed in Article 4 (2), the following measures to be untertaken:

(a) all poultry on the holding shall without delay be killed on the spot. The poultry which have died or been killed and all eggs shall be destroyed. These operations shall be carried out in a way which minimizes the risk of spreading disease;

(b) any substance or waste, such as animal feed, litter or manures liable to be contaminated, shall be destroyed or treated appropriately. This treatment, carried out in accordance with the instructions of the official veterinarian, shall ensure the destruction of any Newcastle-disease virus present;

(c) where poultry from the holding have been slaughtered during the presumed incubation period of disease the meat from those poultry shall wherever possible be traced and destroyed;

(d) hatching eggs laid during the presumed incubation period which have been moved from the holding shall be traced and destroyed; but poultry which have already hatched from the eggs shall be placed under official surveillance; table eggs laid during the presumed incubation period which have been moved from the holding shall wherever possible be traced and destroyed, unless they have previously been properly disinfected;

(e) after carrying out operations listed under (a) and (b), the buildings used for housing poultry, their surroundings, the vehicles used for transport and all equipment likely to be contaminated shall be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the provisions of Article 11;

(f) no poultry shall be reintroduced to the holding until at least 21 days after completion of operations provided for under (e);

(g) an epizootiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance with Article 7.

2. The competent authority may extend the measures provided for in paragraph 1 to other neighbouring holdings should their location, their configuration, or contact with the holding where the disease has been confirmed give reason to suspect possible contamination.

3. Where a strain of Newcastle-disease virus with an ICPI (intracerebral pathogenicity index) greater than 0,7 and lower than 1,2 is isolated in a flock of poultry that presents no clinical signs of Newcastle disease and it has been demonstrated by the Community reference laboratory referred to in Article 15 that the virus isolate in question derives from an atenuated live Newcastle-disease vaccine, the competent authority may grant a derogation from the requirements under (a) to (f), of paragraph 1, provided that the holding concerned is placed under official surveillance for 30 days and must require in particular that:

— the provisions of Article 4 (2) (a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) are applied,

— no poultry may leave the holding except to be taken directly to a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority.

The competent authority responsible for this slaughterhouse must be informed of the intention to send poultry...