13.6.2007 _EN | Official Journal of the European Union L 151/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 646/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in broilers and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1091/2005 (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food- borne zoonotic agents (') and, in particular Article 4(1), Article 8(1) and Article 13 thereof, 4 In order to set the Community target, comparable data on the prevalence of the concerned Salmonella serotypes in flocks of broilers in Member States have been collected in  accordance  with ~ Commission  Decision 2005/636[EC (3 concerning a baseline study on the prevalence of Salmonella in flocks of broilers. Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides that for a tran- sitional period of three years, the Community target for broilers is to cover only Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella  typhimurium. Other serotypes with public health significance may be considered after that period. Whereas: (6) In order to verify progress on the achievement of the Community target, it is necessary to provide for repeated sampling of flocks of broilers, in this Decision. (1)  The purpose of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is to ensure that proper and effective measures are taken to detect and control salmonella and other zoonotic agents at all relevant stages of production, processing and distri- bution, particularly at the level of primary production, in order to reduce their prevalence and the risk they pose to public health. In accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was consulted on the setting of the Community target for broilers. In particular, the EFSA Task Force on Zoonoses Data Collection adopted on 28 March 2007 the Report on the Analysis of the baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella in broiler flocks of Gallus gallus in the EU, 2005-2006, Part A: Salmonella prevalence (2)  Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides for a estimates (3). Community target to be established for the reduction of the prevalence of all salmonella serotypes with ublic health significance in broilers at the level of . . }I:rimary product%on. Such reduction is important in () Commission Regl.llanon (EC) No 1091/2005 of 12 July view of the strict measures which are to apply to fresh tzl? O; 1mpleme}§1 tllr.lg Re%ulatéon fa;:}? go 21.16 0/2003 gf meat from infected flocks of broilers in accordance with ¢ huropean f ar 1§men arfl ° if ¢ oun? as }i“e%ar.s that Regulation, as from 12 December 2010. In requirements for the use of specific control methods in particular, fresh poultry meat, including meat of the fr'ilmevzork IOf thﬁ riatlogal plrjogrammesl fodr tl})le broilers, may not be placed on the market for human E(Z)I;;I;(r)lissign fferrlll(l):t?oi ( )(iEC) als\]o e1eln77/r2€(l))0a6C ) of i’ consumption unless Salmonella is absent in 25 grams of 8! 1 . lati such meat August 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No ’ 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards requirements for the use of specific control methods in the framework of the national (3)  Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides that the programmes for the control of salmonella in Community target is to include a numerical expression of the maximum percentage of epidemiological units remaining positive andfor the minimum percentage of reduction in the number of epidemiological units remaining positive, the maximum time limit within which the target must be achieved and the definition of the testing schemes necessary to verify achievement of the target. It is also to include a definition, where relevant, of serotypes with public health significance. 3 poultry (°). For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1091/2005. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, 2) O] L 228, 3.9.2005, p. 14. The EFSA Journal (2007) 98, 1-85. I 0 (") OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council () OJ L 182, 13.7.2005, p. 3. ) Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1). °) OJ L 212, 2.8.2006, p. 3.