L 278/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.10.2000 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 October 2000 laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine (notified under document number C(2000) 3012) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/666/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(l) to Directive 90/425/EEC (') as last amended by Commission Decision 95/176/EC (%) and in particular Article 17 paragraph 2(b) and 3 and Article 18 paragraph 1, first end fourth indents thereof, Whereas: (1) It is necessary to lay down the animal health conditions and the certification requirements for imports of birds other than poultry from certain third countries. (2)  After their entry onto the territory of the Community birds other than poultry shall be quarantined in accord- ance with Article 7 paragraph A number 1(c) of Directive 92/65/EEC in quarantine facilities or centres in the Community before being placed on the market. Special conditions for the approval of quarantine facili- ties or centres for birds have to be laid down. (3) A positive finding for avian influenza or Newcastle disease or the confirmation of these diseases in the quarantined birds or the sentinel chickens shall not be reported as an outbreak within the context of Council Directive 82/894/EEC (}) on the notification of animal 0] L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. () O] L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 23. 0] L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58. diseases within the Community, but should nevertheless be reported to the Commission. (4)  Candidate countries for exporting birds to the Community must be members of the Office Inter- national des Epizooties (OIE.) and must comply with the general requirements of the section on veterinary ethics and certification for international trade. (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision have followed the notification procedure of the Agreement on the Application of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Meas- ures (SPS) laid down within the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). (6)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Commiittee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions of Council Directive 92[40[EEC (*) shall apply for avian influenza and Council Directive 92/66EEC (°) for Newcastle disease. In addition: — ‘quarantine facility’ means premises which are separated from poultry holdings and other bird holdings by a reason- able distance, when taking into account the epidemiology of Newcastle disease and avian influenza as regards airborne spread, and in which quarantine of imported birds is carried out on an ‘all-in, all-out’ basis, () O] L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 2. () O] L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 2.