99/558/EC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1999 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Commission Decisions 92/160/EEC and 93/195/EEC with regard to imports of registered horses from Ecuador (notified under document number C(1999) 2438) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ecuador, equidae, health certificate, health control, import

11. 8. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 211/53

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 July 1999

amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Commission Decisions 92/160/EEC and 93/195/EEC
with regard to imports of registered horses from Ecuador

(notified under document number C(1999) 2438)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/558/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 imports
last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
Sweden, and in particular Article 17, second paragraph thereof,

from third countries of equidae (1), as

third countries

(1) Whereas, by Council Decision 79/542/EEC (2), as last
amended by Commission Decision 1999/301/EC (3), a
list of
from which Member States
authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae,
sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products has been
established; whereas Ecuador is included in Part 2,
special column for registered horses, in the Annex to
that Decision;

(2) Whereas, by Decision 92/160/EEC (4), the Commission
has established the regionalisation of certain third coun-
tries for imports of equidae, as last amended by Decision
1999/236/EC (5); whereas by this Decision Ecuador is
regionalised to restrict
temporary
export of registered horses to the metropolitan area of
Quito only;

the re-entry after

(3) Whereas, by Commission Decision 93/195/EEC (6), as
last amended by Decision 1999/228/EC (7), the health
conditions and veterinary certification have been estab-
lished for the re-entry of registered horses after tem-
porary export to Ecuador;

(4) Whereas, in the course of a Commission inspection visit
to Ecuador, serious flaws have come to light in the
equine health monitoring, veterinary supervision, disease
reporting and procedures for imports and exports of
equidae; whereas however
adoption of
Decision 92/160/EEC no horse has been re-exported
from Ecuador to the Community;

since

the

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 117, 5.5.1999, p. 52.
(4) OJ L 71, 18.3.1992, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 87, 31.3.1999, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 77.

(5) Whereas, in particular and due to insufficient controls
and disease notification, the situation, with regard to
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis and dourine in
Ecuador is unclear;

(6) Whereas the re-entry of registered horses after tem-
to the Metropolitan area of Quito in
porary export
Ecuador
therefore
should be prohibited; whereas
Ecuador should be deleted from the list of third coun-
tries in the Annex to Council Decision 790/542/EEC and
consequently Decisions 92/160/EEC and 93/195/EEC
must be amended accordingly;

(7) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter-
inary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Part 2 of
the Annex to Council Decision 79/542/EEC,
special column for registered horses, the following line relating
to Ecuador is deleted:

EC

Ecuador

×

(1)

Article 2

In the Annex to Commission Decision 92/160/EEC the
following words relating to Ecuador are deleted:

‘Equador (1)

Metropolitan area of Quito.’

Article 3

Commission Decision 93/195/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

in Group D in Annex I the words ‘Equador (1)’ are deleted;

2.

in Group D in Annex II the words ‘Equador (1)’ are deleted.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 8. 1999

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission