The main conclusion of the report is that there appears to be no justification at this time for EU-wide legislation.

The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European regime.

The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European (testing) regime.

The Commission has been informed by the European Union reference laboratory ... that the virus isolated in wild birds in Croatia is indeed the H5N1 virus,

The Finnish chief veterinary officer said this is not the H5N1 virus. This is a mild, low-pathogenic strain of avian influenza that is commonly found in wild birds.

The establishment of these risk areas will help to define a disaster-free part of the country, which is obviously good for trade purposes.

The European Commission has so far received no information which suggests the UK authorities have breached the requirements. The UK authorities are still investigating the circumstances in this case and the Commission will wait for the outcome of that investigation to properly assess the situation.

These import measures ... ensure that poultry products on sale in the EU do not pose a risk for consumers.

The key to this problem is early detection and rapid action.

In the case of Bulgaria, we will be sending some laboratory and veterinary experts, who will likely leave this weekend. For Turkey, the experts we will send are likely to be specialists in epidemiology.