2001/611/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 2001 amending Decision 92/160/EEC with regard to the regionalisation of Mexico, amending Decisions 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC, 93/196/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to imports of equidae from Mexico and repealing Decisions 95/392/EC and 96/486/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2214)
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mexico, equidae, health certificate, temporary admission, third country, veterinary inspection

8.8.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 214/49

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 July 2001

amending Decision 92/160/EEC with regard to the regionalisation of Mexico, amending Decisions
92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC, 93/196/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to imports of equidae from
Mexico and repealing Decisions 95/392/EC and 96/486/EC

(notified under document number C(2001) 2214)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/611/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

conditions and veterinary certification for the imports of
equidae for slaughter.

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 Decision 2001/298/EC (2), and in particular Article 13(2)(a)
and Article 19(i) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July
1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/
425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive
96/43/EC (4), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 92/160/EEC (5), as last amended
by Decision 2001/27/EC (6), established the region-
alisation of certain third countries
imports of
equidae.

for

Commission Decision 92/260/EEC (7), as last amended
by Decision 2001/117/EC (8),
laid down the animal
health conditions and veterinary certification for tempo-
rary admission of registered horses.

Commission Decision 93/195/EEC (9), as last amended
by Decision 2001/610/EC (10), established the animal
health conditions and veterinary certification for the
re-entry of registered horses after temporary export.

(4)

Commission Decision 93/196/EEC (11), as last amended
by Decision 2001/117/EC established the animal health

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63.
(3) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(4) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 71, 18.3.1992, p. 27.
(6) OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 20.
(7) OJ L 130, 15.5.1992, p. 67.
(8) OJ L 43, 14.2.2001, p. 38.
(9) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 1.
(10) See page 45 of this Official Journal.
(11) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 7.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Commission Decision 93/197/EEC (12), as last amended
by Decision 2001/117/EC, laid down the animal health
conditions and veterinary certification for imports of
registered equidae and equidae for breeding and produc-
tion.

Commission Decision 95/392/EC (13) laid down protec-
tive measures in relation to dourine in Mexico.

Commission Decision 96/486/EC (14) laid down protec-
tion measures relating to Venezuelan equine encephalo-
myelitis in Mexico.

Mexico has not recorded cases of Venezuelan equine
encephalomyelitis for more than two years and a veter-
inary inspection mission carried out recently in Mexico
confirmed that the equine health situation is satisfactory.
However, as a matter of additional precaution,
the
mission report recommended regionalisation with regard
to export to the Community, the two most southern
States of Mexico, Chiapas and Oaxaca. Equidae for
slaughter are drawn from these States,
therefore it
appears appropriate to prohibit the imports into the
Community of equidae for slaughter from Mexico.

In order to allow imports of equidae from Mexico it is
necessary to establish the regionalisation of Mexico by
modifying the Annex to Decision 92/160/EEC, to adapt
the animal health conditions by modifying Decisions
92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC, 93/196/EEC and 93/197/EEC
accordingly and to repeal Decisions 95/392/EC and 96/
486/EC.

(10)

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

(12) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 16.
(13) OJ L 234, 3.10.1995, p. 44.
(14) OJ L 198, 8.8.1996, p. 49.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

8.8.2001

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following words are inserted in the Annex to Decision
92/160/EEC in the order of the ISO code:

‘Mexico
— The whole of the territory except the States of Chiapas

and Oaxaca’.

Article 2

Decision 92/260/EEC is amended as follows:

1. The list of third countries in Group D of Annex I is replaced

by the following:

‘Argentina (AR), Barbados (BB), Bermuda (BM), Bolivia (BO),
Brazil (1)
(JM),
(CL), Cuba
Mexico (1) (MX), Paraguay (PY), Uruguay (UY)’.

(BR), Chile

Jamaica

(CU),

‘Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil (1), Chile,
Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico (1)
Peru (1), Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela’.

Article 4

Mexico is deleted from the list of third countries in Group D in
footnote 3 of Annex II to Decision 93/196/EEC.

Article 5

Decision 93/197/EEC is amended as follows:

1. The list of third countries in Group D of Annex I is replaced

by the following:

‘Argentina
Bolivia (2)
Jamaica (2)
(UY).’

(AR), Barbados (2)

(BO), Brazil (1)
(JM), Mexico (1)

(BB), Bermuda (2)
(BR), Chile (CL), Cuba (2)

(BM),
(CU),
(MX), Paraguay (PY), Uruguay

2. The title of the health certificate set out in Annex II(D) is

replaced by the following:

2. The title of the health certificate set out in Annex II(D) is

‘HEALTH CERTIFICATE

replaced by the following:

‘HEALTH CERTIFICATE

the temporary admission of

for
registered horses into
Community territory from Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda,
Bolivia, Brazil (1), Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico (1), Paraguay,
Uruguay for a period of less than 90 days’.

for imports into Community territory of registered horses
Jamaica, and of
from Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Cuba,
registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production
from Argentina, Brazil (1), Chile, Mexico (1), Paraguay,
Uruguay.’

Article 6

Article 3

Decisions 95/392/EC and 96/486/EC are repealed.

Decision 93/195/EEC is amended as follows:

1. The list of third countries in Group D of Annex I is replaced

by the following:

‘Argentina (AR), Barbados (BB), Bermuda (BM), Bolivia (BO),
Brazil (1) (BR), Chile (CL), Colombia (1) (CO), Costa Rica (1)
(CR), Cuba (CU), Jamaica (JM), Mexico (1) (MX), Peru (1) (PE),
Paraguay (PY), Uruguay (UY), Venezuela (1) (VE)’.

2. The list of countries in Group D in the title of the health
certificate set out in Annex II is replaced by the following:

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 7

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission