No L 105/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.5. 95 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 April 1995 establishing additional guarantees regarding salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of breeding poultry and day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry (95/160/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, .Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third coun- tries of, poultry and hatching eggs ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 (a) (2) thereof, Whereas the Commission has approved the operational programmes submitted by Finland and Sweden regarding salmonella controls; whereas those programmes include specific measures for breeding poultry and for day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry; Whereas guarantees should be established equivalent to those implemented by Finland and Sweden under their operational programmes ; Whereas the detailed guarantees are to be based in parti- cular on a microbiological examination of the poultry to be sent to Finland and Sweden; Whereas in this context different rules should be laid down for breeding poultry and day-old chicks; Whereas rules should be established for this microbiolo- gical examination of samples by laying down the sampling method, the number of samples to be taken and the microbiological method for examining the samples ; Whereas those guarantees should not be applicable to any flock that is subject to a programme recognized as equiva- lent to that implemented by Finland and Sweden ; Whereas with regard to consignments originating from third countries, Finland and Sweden should apply import requirements at least as stringent as those laid down in this Decision ; () OJ No L 303, 31. 10. 1990, p. 6. Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Breeding poultry to be sent to Finland and Sweden shall be subject to a microbiological test, effected by sampling in the flock of origin. Article 2 The microbiological test referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out as laid down in Annex L Article '3 1. Breeding poultry to be sent to Finland and Sweden shall be accompanied by the certificate shown in Annex 11 2. The certificate provided for in paragraph 1 may: — either be accompanied by model 3 certificate of Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC, ~ — or be incorporated in the certificate referred to in the first indent. Article 4 Day-old chicks to be sent to Finland or Sweden for intro- duction into flocks of breeding poultry or of productive poultry must come from hatching eggs from breeding poultry that have been subjected to the test provided for in Article 2. Article 5 1. Day-old chicks to be sent to Finland or Sweden for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry must be accompanied by a certificate as shown in Annex IIL 2. The certificate provided for in paragraph 1 may: