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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 July 1996
drawing up the list of third countries entitled to use the model animal health certificates for
imports into the Community of live poultry and hatching eggs other than ratites and eggs thereof
as laid down by Decision 96/482/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(96/483/EC)
(OJ L 196, 7.8.1996, p. 28)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
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►M1 Commission Decision 96/628/EC of 18 October 1996 L 282 73 1.11.1996
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 July 1996
drawing up the list of third countries entitled to use the model
animal health certificates for imports into the Community of livepoultry and hatching eggs other than ratites and eggs thereof as
laid down by Decision 96/482/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(96/483/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to CouncilDirective 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on
animalheal th conditions governing intra-Community trade in, andimports from, third countries, of poultry and hatching eggs (
1), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, andin particular Articles 23 (1), 24 and 26 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 95/233/EC (
2) established a list of third
countries from which importation of live poultry and hatching eggs isauthorized in principle;
Whereas the countries or parts thereof appearing on this list have given
sufficient guarantees to be considered as free from avian influenza andNewcastle disease according to Commission Decision 93/342/EEC (
3),
as amended by Decision 94/438/EC (4);
Whereas the generaland specialanimalheal th conditions and the veter-
inary certificates required for the importation of poultry or hatchingeggs have been laid down by Commission Decision 96/482/EC (
5);
whereas it is now necessary to state which third countries are entitled touse the modelcertificates set out in the said Decision;
Whereas the countries listed in Annex I to Decision 95/233/EC which
traditionally supply the Member States, have been asked to show,through the provision of written assurances supported by appropriatedocumentation or as a result of on-the-spot inspections, that they satisfythe requirements of Chapter III of Directive 90/539/EEC as imple-mented by Decisions 93/342/EEC and 96/482/EC; whereas these assur-ances have been examined by the Standing Veterinary Committee;
Whereas it is also necessary in certain cases to specify those parts of
countries from which imports are authorized;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Member States shall authorize the import of poultry or hatching eggs
other than ratites and eggs thereof from third countries or parts thereof,in accordance with the list in the Annex provided that they meet therequirements of the corresponding animal health and welfare certificate
(1) OJ No L 303, 31. 10. 1990, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 156, 7. 7. 1995, p. 76.
(3) OJ No L 137, 8. 6. 1993, p. 24.
(4) OJ No L 181, 15. 7. 1994, p. 35.
(5) See page 13 of this OfficialJournal .
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set out in Annex I, to Decision 96/482/EC and that they are accompa-nied by such a certificate, duly completed and signed.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 1996.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX
Those third countries which are authorized to use the modelcertificates A to D set up in Annex I of
Decision 96/482/EC are marked with an ×.
Certificate models
ISO code Country Regions
A B C D
AU Australia × × ××
BR-1 Brazil (1) × × ××
BR-2 Brazil All regions other than
BR-1— — ——
CA Canada × × ××
CH Switzerland × × ××
CL Chile × × ××
CY Cyprus × × ××
CZ Czech Republic × × ××
HR-1 Croatia (2) × × ××
HR-2 Croatia All regions other thanHR-1 — — ——
HU Hungary × × ××
IL Israel × × ××
NZ New Zealand × × ××
PL Poland × × ××
RO Romania × × ××
SI Slovenia × × ××
SK Slovak Republic × × ××
US United States ofAmerica × × × ×
(1) BR-1: the States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Parana, São Paulo and Mato Grosso in Brazil.
(2) HR-1: the provinces of Zagreba čka, Kaprinsko-Zagorska, Varaždinska, Koprivnicko-Križeva čka, Bjelovarsko-
Bilogorska, Primorsko-Goranska, Viroviticko-Podravska, Požeško-Slavonska, Istarska, Medimurska and GradZagreb in Croatia.