99/613/EC: Commission Decision of 10 September 1999 amending Commission Decisions 92/260/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to the animal health conditions for the temporary admission and imports into the Community of registered horses from United Arab Emirates (notified under document number C(1999) 2795) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-09-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Arab Emirates, animal plague, equidae, health certificate, health control, import

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 September 1999

amending Commission Decisions 92/260/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to the animal health
conditions for the temporary admission and imports into the Community of registered horses from
United Arab Emirates

(notified under document number C(1999) 2795)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/613/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 Articles 15(a) and 16 thereof,

from third countries of equidae (1), as

(1) Whereas the health conditions and veterinary certi-
fication for the temporary admission and imports of
registered horses among others from the United Arab
Emirates are laid down respectively in Commission
Decision 92/260/EEC (2), as last amended by Decision
1999/228/EC (3);
Decision
93/197/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 1999/252/
EC (5);

Commission

and

(2) Whereas following a second Commission veterinary
inspection mission to the United Arab Emirates the
animal health situation appears to be under the satisfac-
tory control of the veterinary services and in particular
the movement of equidae and their health status are
sufficiently controlled;

(3) Whereas African horse sickness has never been reported
in the United Arab Emirates and vaccination against this
disease is prohibited for more than one year; whereas
moreover a series of serological surveys have been
carried out over the entire territory of the country and

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 130, 15.5.1992, p. 67.
(3) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 96, 10.4.1999, p. 31.

the satisfactory results have been communicated to the
Member States and the Commission;

(4) Whereas the conditions for imports of equidae into the
country concerned are at least as strict as the conditions
for imports of equidae into the Community; whereas
therefore the country should be considered at low risk of
incursion of African horse sickness from outside;

(5) Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary
certification must be adopted according to the animal
health situation of the third country concerned; whereas
the present case relates only to registered horses to be
temporarily or permanently imported from the United
Arab Emirates;

(6) Whereas Commission Decisions 92/260/EEC and

93/197/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

Commission Decision 92/260/EEC is amended as follows:

1. The first indent in paragraph (d) of Chapter III of the animal
health certificate E in Annex II is replaced as follows:

‘— either

— the country of dispatch,

in an isolation centre (3)

or

— the United Arab Emirates (AE), in designated prem-

ises under official veterinary supervision (3)’.

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2. The fourth indent in paragraph (i) of Chapter III of the
animal health certificate E in Annex II is replaced by the
following:

‘— a test for African horse sickness as described in Annex

D to Council Directive 90/426/EEC either
— on two occasions, carried out on samples of blood
taken with an interval of between 21 and 30 days
on ... (5) and on ... (5), the second of which must have
been taken within 10 days of export (3), either with
it has not been vac-
negative
cinated (3) (4), or without increase in antibody count,
if it has been vaccinated (3) (4)

reactions,

if

or

— on one occasion, carried out on a sample of blood
taken within 10 days of export on ... (5) with neg-
ative reaction,
if it is to be dispatched from the
United Arab Emirates (AE) (3) (4);’.

3.

‘United Arab Emirates (AE)’ is added in the order of the ISO
country code to the list of third countries in the last indent
of paragraph (d) of Chapter III of the animal health certi-
ficates A, B, C, D and E in Annex II.

Article 2

Chapter III of the animal health certificate E in Annex II of
Decision 93/197/EEC is amended as follows:

1. Paragraph (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d) during the three months immediately preceding the
exportation (or since birth, if the animal is less than
three months old, or since entry,
if it was imported
directly from the European Community during the
previous three months) it has been resident on holdings
under veterinary supervision in the country of dispatch

and it has been kept in an approved isolation centre,
protected from vector insects, either
— during the 40 days prior to dispatch (3),

or

— during 30 days prior to dispatch from the United

Arab Emirates (AE) (3);’.

2. Paragraph (k) is replaced by the following:

‘(k) it was subjected to a test for African horse sickness as
described in Annex D to Council Directive 90/426/EEC
either
— on two occasions, carried out on samples of blood
taken with an interval of between 21 and 30 days
on ... (4) and on ... (4), the second of which must
have been taken within 10 days of export (3), either
with negative reactions,
if it has not been vacci-
nated (3), or without increase in antibody count, if it
has been vaccinated (3)

or

— on one occasion, carried out on a sample of blood
taken within 10 days of export on ... (4) with neg-
ative reaction,
if it is to be dispatched from the
United Arab Emirates (AE) (3);’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 10 September 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission