Regulation (EC) No 1010/2006 is amended as follows:

Article 4 is amended as follows:

paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. The slaughter or killing of part of a breeding flock shall, where it is brought forward by six weeks or more in order to reduce the production of eggs for hatching falling within CN codes 0105 92 00 , 0105 93 00 , 0105 99 10 , 0105 99 20 , 0105 99 30 and 0105 99 50 , be regarded as an exceptional market support measure pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, provided no bird is then put into production at the location in question during that period.’;

the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Compensation shall be payable, in respect of each Member State concerned, for the early slaughter or killing referred to in paragraph 1, subject to both the maximum number of pieces laid down in Annex IV and the time limits specified therein.’.

Article 7 is replaced by the following:

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1629/2006 of 31 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1010/2006 on certain exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector in certain Member States