The purpose of these Regulations is to implement Council Directive 92/117/EEC on measures to protect against specific zoonoses and to provide information on such zoonoses. It also provides for the taking of samples for bacteriological testing for Salmonella and for the slaughter of breeding domestic fowl confirmed as being infected with Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium. Owner or persons in charge of an establishment approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry pursuant to specified Community legislation shall provide all information and take or have taken any samples required by the Minister to detect the presence of the zoonoses listed in Paragraph I of the First Schedule (reg. 3). A similar duty is imposed on the owners or persons in charge of an approved premises where eggs are produced for hatching or a poultry hatchery licensed under the Poultry Hatcheries Act, 1947. The Minister may lay down the requirements, including the frequency of examination, sampling, identification and the keeping of records, for determining the presence of the zoonoses listed in Paragraph I of the First Schedule for approved establishments (reg. 4). Regulation 5 defines requirements for supply farms, hatcheries and holdings.