S.L. 437.98 Art. 7Requirementsin the case of birds subject to trade. S.L. 437.103 S.L. 437.103 S.L. 437.40 11 S.L. 437.38

The competent authority shall ensure that birds, other than those referred to in the Animal Health Conditions (Intra-Community

Trade and Imports from Third Countries of Poultry and Hatching

Eggs) Rules, may be the subject of trade only if they meet the following requirements:

(a) in general they must:

(i) come from a holding in which avian influenza has not been diagnosed in the thirty days preceding the dispatch;

(ii) come from a holding or an area not subject to restrictions under measures to be applied to combat Newcastle disease. Pending the implementation of the Community measures referred to in the Animal Health Conditions (Intra-Community Trade and Imports from Third Countries of Poultry and Hatching Eggs) Rules, national requirements for combating Newcastle disease shall continue to apply, in compliance with the general provisions of the Treaty;

(iii) have, in accordance with rule 10(1) of the Principles Governing the Organisation of Veterinary Checks on Animals Entering the Community from Third Countries via Border Inspection Posts of the Territory of Malta Regulations, been quarantined, if they have been imported from a third country, in the quarantine of the competent authority or approved quarantine or in the holding to which they were taken after they entered the territory of the Community;

(b) in addition, psittacidae must:

(i) not come from a holding nor have been in contact with animals from a holding on which psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci) has been diagnosed. The period of prohibition since the last recorded case and the period of treatment under veterinary supervision recognized under the procedure provided for in Article 26 of Directive 92/65/EEC must be at least two months; S.L.437.98 LAID DOWN IN SPECIFIC COMMUNITY ACTS [

(ii) be identified in accordance with rule 3(1)(c) of the Veterinary and Zootechnical Checks applicable in Trade with Member States in certain Live Animals and Products Regulations. The methods for identifying psittacidae, and in particular sick psittacidae, shall be established under the procedure provided for in Article 26 of Directive 92/65/ EEC;

(iii) be accompanied by a commercial document signed by the official veterinarian or by the veterinarian responsible for the holding or business of origin and empowered for this purpose by the competent authority.