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The first 2010 Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stéphanie Mahieu
Stéphanie Mahieu*
Affiliation:
General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg
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The recent Romanian outbreak of subtype H5N1 of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, the first detected case of H5N1 avian influenza in Europe in 2010, has reinvigorated the debate concerning risks related to the spread of avian influenza in the European Union.

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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 165 - 166
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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References

1 Gauthier-Clerc, M., Lebarbenchon, C. and Thomas, F., “Recent expansion of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1: a critical review”, Ibis (2007), p. 202 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 Available on the Internet at <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/> (last accessed on 11 April 2010).

3 Kamps, B., Hoffmann, C. and Preiser, W. (eds), Influenza Report 2006 (Paris: Flying Publisher 2006), at p. 66 Google Scholar.

4 Commission Decision 2004/122 of 6 February 2004 concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several Asian countries, OJ 2004 L 36/59, recital 1.

5 See The Writing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5, “Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans”, The New England Journal of Medicine (2005), p. 1374.

6 Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC, OJ 2006 L 10/26.

7 Council Directive 92/40/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza, OJ 1992 L 167/1.

8 Article 16 of Directive 2005/94/EC.

9 See Directive 2005/94/EC, recital 12.

10 Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision 2006/135/EC, OJ 2006 L 164/51.

11 See the Animal Disease Notification System, established by the European Commission, available on the Internet at <http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/index_en.htm>.

12 See <http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/monitoring/documents/h5n1-romania-100315.pdf> (last accessed on 11 April 2010).

13 Commission Decision 2010/158/EU of 16 March 2010 concerning certain interim protective measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in poultry in Romania, OJ 2010 L 67/1.

14 Commission Decision 2010/218/EU of 16 April 2010 amending Decision 2006/415/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Romania, OJ 2010, L 97/14.

15 Recital 5 of Decision 2010/218/EU.