MUSCAT : As per Article 1 of the decision, import of live birds, their products, derivatives and offal is banned from the Republic of Romania, the Republic of Korea, the Tirana Region in the Republic of Albania, the Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan, and the Konya Prefecture in the Republic of Turkey. The ban will be in place until the cause for the same is rectified.

Excluded from this ban are products, derivatives and wastes that are thermally treated or prepared in accordance with the health code for aquatic animals issued by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).

The ban is based on the Veterinary Quarantine Law issued by Royal Decree No. 45/2004 and the executive regulations of the Veterinary Quarantine Law issued by Ministerial Resolution No. 107/2008 and the recommendation of the competent veterinary authority to ban the import of live birds, their products, derivatives and waste from some countries.

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