# L_2020415EN.01003901.xml

| 10.12.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 415/39 |
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10.12.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 415/39

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2016

of 9 December 2020

amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 (1), and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State. In particular, Article 13 of that Regulation provides that the Commission is to adopt two lists of territories and third countries from which the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I thereto, namely dogs, cats and ferrets, may be moved for non-commercial purposes into a Member State. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State. In particular, Article 13 of that Regulation provides that the Commission is to adopt two lists of territories and third countries from which the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I thereto, namely dogs, cats and ferrets, may be moved for non-commercial purposes into a Member State.

| (2) | The conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State vary depending on the situation of the territory or the third country of origin. Taking into account their particular situation, the third countries or territories may be listed in accordance with Article 13(1) or (2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013. |
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(2)

The conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State vary depending on the situation of the territory or the third country of origin. Taking into account their particular situation, the third countries or territories may be listed in accordance with Article 13(1) or (2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.

| (3) | Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 (2) sets out the list of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013. |
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(3)

Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 (2) sets out the list of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.

| (4) | In view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom has submitted an application to the Commission to be listed, together with the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey, in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013. The Commission has assessed that application and verified that, as regards the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, the United Kingdom, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey fulfil the criteria laid down in in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, and accordingly should be listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol. |
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(4)

In view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom has submitted an application to the Commission to be listed, together with the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey, in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013. The Commission has assessed that application and verified that, as regards the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, the United Kingdom, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey fulfil the criteria laid down in in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, and accordingly should be listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

| (5) | Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(5)

Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (6) | As the transitional period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021. |
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(6)

As the transitional period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

| (7) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, |
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(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1.

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(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 109).

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ANNEX

‘PART 2

List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

| ISO code | Territory or third country | Included territories |
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| AC | Ascension Island | |
| AE | United Arab Emirates | |
| AG | Antigua and Barbuda | |
| AR | Argentina | |
| AU | Australia | |
| AW | Aruba | |
| BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| BB | Barbados | |
| BH | Bahrain | |
| BM | Bermuda | |
| BQ | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the BES Islands) | |
| BY | Belarus | |
| CA | Canada | |
| CL | Chile | |
| CW | Curaçao | |
| FJ | Fiji | |
| FK | Falkland Islands | |
| GB | United Kingdom (*1) | |
| GG | Guernsey | |
| HK | Hong Kong | |
| IM | Isle of Man | |
| JM | Jamaica | |
| JP | Japan | |
| JE | Jersey | |
| KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| KY | Cayman Islands | |
| LC | Saint Lucia | |
| MS | Montserrat | |
| MK | North Macedonia | |
| MU | Mauritius | |
| MX | Mexico | |
| MY | Malaysia | |
| NC | New Caledonia | |
| NZ | New Zealand | |
| PF | French Polynesia | |
| PM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
| RU | Russia | |
| SG | Singapore | |
| SH | Saint Helena | |
| SX | Sint Maarten | |
| TT | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| TW | Taiwan | |
| US | United States of America | AS – American Samoa
  GU – Guam
  MP – Northern Mariana Islands
  PR – Puerto Rico
  VI – US Virgin Islands |
| VC | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| VG | British Virgin Islands | |
| VU | Vanuatu | |
| WF | Wallis and Futuna | |

ISO code

Territory or third country

Included territories

AC

Ascension Island

AE

United Arab Emirates

AG

Antigua and Barbuda

AR

Argentina

AU

Australia

AW

Aruba

BA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BB

Barbados

BH

Bahrain

BM

Bermuda

BQ

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the BES Islands)

BY

Belarus

CA

Canada

CL

Chile

CW

Curaçao

FJ

Fiji

FK

Falkland Islands

GB

United Kingdom (*1)

GG

Guernsey

HK

Hong Kong

IM

Isle of Man

JM

Jamaica

JP

Japan

JE

Jersey

KN

Saint Kitts and Nevis

KY

Cayman Islands

LC

Saint Lucia

MS

Montserrat

MK

North Macedonia

MU

Mauritius

MX

Mexico

MY

Malaysia

NC

New Caledonia

NZ

New Zealand

PF

French Polynesia

PM

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

RU

Russia

SG

Singapore

SH

Saint Helena

SX

Sint Maarten

TT

Trinidad and Tobago

TW

Taiwan

US

United States of America

AS – American Samoa

GU – Guam

MP – Northern Mariana Islands

PR – Puerto Rico

VI – US Virgin Islands

VC

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VG

British Virgin Islands

VU

Vanuatu

WF

Wallis and Futuna

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(*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’

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