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Wild Birds Avian Influenza Ordinance 2006.

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The aim of the present Ordinance is to prevent the spread of avian influenza from wild birds to poultry or other captive birds as well as the contamination of products thereof. To this end, it establishes protection measures to be applied in cases where highly pathogenic avian influenza is isolated in wild birds in the territory of Austria. Such protection measures include the establishment of protection and surveillance zones. The text consists of 9 articles and 3 Annexes.
Title
Wild Birds Avian Influenza Ordinance 2006.
Country
Austria
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
2006
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Title abbreviation
Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Health and Women concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds.
Glossary term(s)
food safety
sanitation
biological contamination
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Western Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/aut63420.pdf
Link to full text
http://www.ris.bka.gv.at
Implements
Commission Decision 2006/115/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in the Community.