2001/662/EC: Commission Decision of 7 August 2001 amending Decision 94/467/EC laying down health conditions for the transit of equidae from one third country to another in accordance with Article 9(1) of Council Directive 91/496/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2482)
Date: 2001-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: equidae, health control, international transport, third country, transit, transport of animals

L 232/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.8.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 August 2001

amending Decision 94/467/EC laying down health conditions for the transit of equidae from one
third country to another in accordance with Article 9(1) of Council Directive 91/496/EEC

(notified under document number C(2001) 2482)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/662/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 (1), as last amended by Directive
96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 9(1)(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on
animal health conditions governing the movement and
from third countries of equidae (3) was last
import
amended by Decision 2001/298/EC (4).

Commission Decision 92/260/EEC (5), as last amended
by Decision 2001/619/EC (6),
laid down the animal
health conditions and veterinary certification for tempo-
rary admission of
registered horses. This Decision
requires among others a certain residence in the country
of dispatch. The residence in Member States or certain
listed third countries may however count for the calcula-
tion of the period considered, provided that at least the
same health requirements are fulfilled.

Commission Decision 94/467/EC (7) laid down animal
health conditions for the transit of equidae from one
third country to another in accordance with Article 9(1)
of Directive 91/496/EEC. The details of
the animal
health conditions refer to those laid down in Decision
92/260/EEC.

(4)

(5)

The current
situation complicates unnecessarily the
transit through Member States of certain equidae other-
wise eligible for temporary admission or permanent
imports into the Community. It is the purpose of this
Decision to ease this transit for registered horses.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

A third paragraph is added to Article 1 of Decision 94/467/EC
as follows:

‘3.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 2 and
only in the case of registered horses, the list of countries in
the third indent in paragraph (d) of Section III of the
certificates A, B, C, D and E in Annex II to Decision
92/260/EEC shall be replaced by the list of third countries
in Groups A to E in Annex I to Decision 92/260/EEC.’

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
(4) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63.
(5) OJ L 130, 15.5.1992, p. 67.
(6) OJ L 215, 9.8.2001, p. 55.
(7) OJ L 190, 26.7.1994, p. 28.