Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2003 of 15 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from Costa Rica and New Caledonia (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Costa Rica, New Zealand, cattle, disease prevention, goat, import, meat product, sheep, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1809/2003

of 15 October 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards
rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from
Costa Rica and New Caledonia

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying
down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2003 (2),
and in particular the first paragraph of Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In its opinion of 11 May 2001 on the geographical BSE
risk in Costa Rica, the Scientific Steering Committee (the
SSC) concluded that the occurrence of BSE in native
cattle of that country is highly unlikely. As a conse-
quence, Costa Rica was included in the list of countries
exempted from certain TSE-related trade conditions for
live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and
caprine origin.

In its updated opinion of 10 April 2003 on the geogra-
phical BSE risk of certain third countries, the SSC modi-
fied its opinion of 11 May 2001 and concluded that the
occurrence of BSE in native cattle of Costa Rica is un-
likely but may not be excluded. Therefore Costa Rica
should no longer be exempted from the TSE-related
trade conditions for live bovine animals and products of
bovine, ovine and caprine origin.

(3)

(4)

(5)

the SSC concluded that

In its opinion of 6 March 2003 on the geographical BSE
risk in New Caledonia,
the
occurrence of BSE in native cattle of that country is
highly unlikely. Therefore, New Caledonia should be
included in the list of countries exempted from certain
TSE-related trade conditions for live bovine animals and
products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin.

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 October 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 27.6.2003, p. 22.

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Annex XI is amended as follow:

1. In part A, point 15(b), the list of countries is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘— Argentina
— Australia
— Botswana
— Brazil
— Chile
— El Salvador
— Iceland
— Namibia
— Territoire français de la Nouvelle Calédonie
— New Zealand
— Nicaragua
— Panama
— Paraguay
— Singapore
— Swaziland
— Uruguay
— Vanuatu.’

2. In part D, point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Point 2 shall not apply to imports of bovine animals born and continuously reared in the following countries:

— Argentina

— Australia

— Botswana

— Brazil

— Chile

— El Salvador

— Iceland

— Namibia

— Territoire français de la Nouvelle Calédonie

— New Zealand

— Nicaragua

— Panama

— Paraguay

— Singapore

— Swaziland

— Uruguay

— Vanuatu.’