# Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2014Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2014 of 14 January 2014 repealing Decisions 2004/301/EC, 2004/539/EC and Regulation (EU)            No 388/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)         

        - Previous
        - Next

U.K.

# Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2014                     

# of 14 January 2014

# repealing Decisions 2004/301/EC, 2004/539/EC and Regulation (EU) No 388/2010

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health                           requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC(1), and in particular Articles 19 and 21 thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals                              and the rules applying to checks on such movements. It applies to movements between Member States or from third countries                              of pet animals of the species listed in Annex I thereto. Dogs, cats and ferrets are listed in Parts A and B of that Annex.                              Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 has applied since 3 July 2004.

(2)Commission Decision 2003/803/EC of 26 November 2003 establishing a model passport for the intra-Community movements of dogs,                              cats and ferrets(2) lays down the model passport for the movement of pet animals of the species dogs, cats and ferrets between Member States                              as provided for in Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

(3)In order to facilitate the transition to the arrangements of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, Commission Decision 2004/301/EC                              of 30 March 2004 derogating from Decisions 2003/803/EC and 2004/203/EC as regards the format for certificates and passports                              for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets and amending Decision 2004/203/EC(3) was adopted, in order for certificates and passports issued for pet animals prior to the date of application of Regulation                              (EC) No 998/2003 to continue to be used, provided they complied with certain conditions.

(4)In addition, Commission Decision 2004/539/EC of 1 July 2004 establishing a transitional measure for the implementation of                              Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals(4) provides that Member States were to allow entry into their territory until 1 October 2004 of pet animals of the species listed                              in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 in conformity with national rules which were in force before 3 July 2004.

(5)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(5) repeals and replaces Regulation (EC) No 998/2003. Measures adopted to facilitate the transition to the arrangements of Regulation                              (EC) No 998/2003 are therefore obsolete. Decisions 2004/301/EC and 2004/539/EC should therefore be repealed.

(6)In addition, Commission Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 of 6 May 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European                              Parliament and of the Council as regards the maximum number of pet animals of certain species that may be the subject of non-commercial                              movement(6) was adopted in order to avoid the risk of commercial movements of dogs, cats and ferrets being fraudulently disguised as                              non-commercial movements, when those animals are moved into a Member State from another Member State or a third country listed                              in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

(7)The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 have been reviewed and included in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013. Regulation (EU)                              No 576/2013 applies from 29 December 2014. Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 therefore becomes obsolete on the date of application                              of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 and should therefore be repealed with effect from that date.

(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain                              and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Decisions 2004/301/EC and 2004/539/EC are repealed.

# Article 2U.K.

Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 is repealed with effect from 29 December 2014.

# Article 3U.K.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 14 January 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

1

OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 312, 27.11.2003, p. 1.                           

3

OJ L 98, 2.4.2004, p. 55.                           

4

OJ L 237, 8.7.2004, p. 21.                           

5

OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1.                           

6

OJ L 114, 7.5.2010, p. 3.