98/594/EC: Commission Decision of 6 October 1998 amending Council Decisions 79/542/EEC, 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC and 93/197/EEC, with regard to the animal health conditions for importation, temporary admission and re-entry of registered horses from Thailand (notified under document number C(1998) 2962) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Thailand, equidae, health certificate, health control, import, temporary admission

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 October 1998

amending Council Decisions 79/542/EEC, 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC and 93/
197/EEC, with regard to the animal health conditions for importation, temporary
admission and re-entry of registered horses from Thailand

(notified under document number C(1998) 2962)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/594/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

260/EEC (4), 93/195/EEC (5) and 93/197/EEC (6), all as last
amended by Decision 98/360/EC (7);

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26
June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the
movement and import from third countries of equidae (1),
as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 12, 13, 15
and 16 and point (ii) of Article 19 thereof,

Whereas by Council Decision 79/542/EEC (2), as last
amended by Commission Decision 98/146/EC (3), a list of
third countries from which Member States authorise
imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and
goat, fresh meat and meat products has been established;

Whereas the health conditions and veterinary certification
for the temporary admission of registered horses, the re-
entry thereof after temporary export, and imports thereof
are laid down respectively in Commission Decisions 92/

Whereas, following a Community veterinary mission to
Thailand it appears that the animal health situation in
this country is satisfactory as regards diseases in equidae
and controlled by well-structured and organised services;

Whereas the responsible veterinary authorities of Thai-
land have undertaken to notify the Commission and the
Member States by telex, fax or telegram within 24 hours
of confirmation of
any disease
mentioned in Annex A to Directive 90/426/EEC or the
adoption of a vaccination policy against them or change
in such policy and within an appropriate time of changes
in import policy with respect to equidae;

the occurrence of

Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary
certification must be adopted according to the animal
health situation of the countries concerned; whereas the
present case relates only to registered horses;

Whereas Decisions
93/
79/542/EEC,
195/EEC and 93/197/EEC must be amended accordingly;

92/260/EEC,

(1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 146, 14. 6. 1979, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 46, 17. 2. 1998, p. 8.

(4) OJ L 130, 15. 5. 1992, p. 67.
(5) OJ L 86, 6. 4. 1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 86, 6. 4. 1993, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 163, 6. 6. 1998, p. 44.

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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

In part 2 of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC, special
column for equidae, the following line is inserted in
accordance with the alphabetic order of the ISO code:

‘TH

Thailand

x'

Article 2

Decision 92/260/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

2.

‘Thailand' is added to the list of third countries in
Group C of Annex I.

‘Thailand' is added to the list of third countries in the
title of the health certificate set out in Annex II C.

3. At point III of Annex II C, the following paragraph is

added:

‘(l) If

from Thailand,

the equidae comes

it was
subjected to a complement fixation test for glan-
ders on . . . (5) and for dourine on . . . (5), this within
10 days of export with negative results at 1 in
10 (4)'.

4. In footnote (6) of Annex II C,

‘Hong Kong, Japan,
Macau, Malaysia (peninsula) and Singapore' is replaced
by ‘Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia (peninsula),
Singapore and Thailand'.

5.

‘Thailand (TH)' is added to the third indent of Chapter
III point (d) of Annex II A, B, C, D and E.

Article 3

Decision 93/195/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

2.

‘Thailand (TH)' is added to the list of third countries in
Group C of Annex I.

‘Thailand' is added to the list of third countries in the
title of the health certificate set out in Annex II C.

Article 4

Decision 93/197/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

‘Thailand (TH)' is added to the list of third countries in
Group C of Annex I.

2. In the title of the health certificate set out in Annex II
‘Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia (peninsula)
C,
and Singapore'
is replaced by ‘Hong Kong, Japan,
Macau, Malaysia (peninsula), Singapore and Thailand'.

3. At point III of Annex II C, the following paragraph is

added:

‘(m) If

from Thailand,

the equidae comes

it was
subjected to a complement fixation test for glan-
ders on . . . (4) and for dourine on . . . (4), this within
21 days of export with negative results at 1 in
10 (4)'.

4. In footnote (5) of Annex II C,

‘Hong Kong, Japan,
Macau, Malaysia (peninsula) and Singapore' is replaced
by ‘Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia (peninsula),
Singapore and Thailand'.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission