31.8.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 227/33 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 29 August 2007 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 90/539/EEC as regards model veterinary certificates for intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs to take account of certain public health requirements (notified under document number C(2007) 3999) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/594[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 countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (), and in particular Article 34 thereof, Having regard at Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (%), and in particular Article 30(1)(b) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Directive 90/539/EEC lays down animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and (") OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352). (® OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1). imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs, including the condition that poultry and hatching eggs during transportation to the place of destination are to be accompanied by a veterinary certificate which conforms with the appropriate model certificates in Annex IV to that Directive. (2)  Those veterinary certificates provide for guarantees with regard to certain animal diseases. However, they do not contain any information with regard to public health, such as information on testing for certain zoonoses and zoonotic agents. (3)  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 (°) provides that the flocks of origin of poultry covered by that Regulation are to be tested for certain specified zoonoses and zoonotic agents prior to any dispatch from the food business of origin of live animals or hatching eggs. The date and the results of testing are to be included in the relevant veterinary certi- ficates, provided for in Community legislation, from the dates indicated in Annex I to that Regulation. Those requirements apply to live breeding animals and hatching eggs from 1 January 2007 and are to apply to laying hens from 1 February 2008 and to broilers from 1 January 2009. () OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1791/2006.