1999/252/EC: Commission Decision of 26 March 1999 amending Decision 93/197/EEC on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production (notified under document number C(1999) 754) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: equidae, health certificate, health control, import, livestock farming, third country

10. 4. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 96/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 March 1999

amending Decision 93/197/EEC on animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of registered equidae and equidae for breeding and
production

(notified under document number C(1999) 754)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/252/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4) Whereas Decision 93/197/EEC must be amended

accordingly;

(5) Whereas

in this
the measures provided for
Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 2 of the declaration of the owner or representative
of the animal in animal health certificates A, B, C, D and
replaced by the
E of Annex II of 93/197/EEC is
following:

‘2. The

animal

has

either

remained

in ...................................................................

(exporting country)
since birth (3), or has been imported directly from
a Member State of
the European Community
during the past 90 days (3), or entered the
exporting country at least 90 days prior to this
declaration (3).'

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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
of
equidae (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles
14, 15(a) and 16 thereof,

from third

countries

imports

and

(1) Whereas Commission Decision 93/197/EEC (2), as
last amended by Decision 1999/236/EC (3), estab-
lishes the animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of registered equidae and
equidae for breeding and production;

(2) Whereas paragraph (d) of Chapter III of the health
certificates A, B, C, D and E in Annex II of
Decision 93/197/EEC was amended by Decision
93/510/EEC (4) in order to allow the imports into
the Community of registered equidae and equidae
for breeding and production from third countries
before the required residence period of 90 days
prior to dispatch has elapsed, if these equidae were
directly
imported into the dispatching third
country from Member States during that period;

(3) Whereas, however,

it was omitted to align the
corresponding wording in the declaration of the
owner or representative of the owner of the equine
animal; whereas therefore for the sake of clarity the
wording of the declaration must be aligned with
the wording of paragraph (d) of Chapter III of the
Annex II, health certificates A, B, C, D and E;

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 87, 31.3.1999, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 238, 23.9.1993, p. 44.