Commission Regulation (EC) No 592/2004 of 30 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of countries and territories (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, domestic animal, third country, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 592/2004

of 30 March 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards
the lists of countries and territories

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the
animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial
movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/
65/EEC (1), and in particular Articles 10 and 21 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal
health requirements applicable to the non-commercial
movement of pet animals and the rules applying to
checks on such movement.

Under Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 a list of third coun-
tries is to be drawn up before 3 July 2004. To be
included on that list, a third country must demonstrate
its rabies status and that it complies with certain condi-
tions relating to notification, monitoring, veterinary
services, prevention and control of rabies and regulation
of vaccines.

In order to avoid any unnecessary disturbance in the
movements of pet animals, and to allow time for the
third countries to provide additional guarantees, where
necessary, it is appropriate to establish a provisional list
of third countries. That list should be based on the data
available through the International Office of Epizootie
Diseases (OIE-World Organisation for Animal Health),
the results of inspections carried out by the Commis-
sion's Food and Veterinary Office in the third countries
concerned and information gathered by Member States.

(4)

(5)

(6)

list of third countries should include
The provisional
countries which are free of rabies and countries in
respect of which the risk of rabies entering the Com-
munity as a result of movements from their territories
has been found to be no higher than the risk associated
with movements between Member States.

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly. In the interests of clarity the list of
countries and territories set out
in that Regulation
should be replaced in its entirety.

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 II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 3 July 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

PART A

IE

SE

Ireland

Sweden

UK United Kingdom

PART B

Section 1

(a) DK Denmark, including GL — Greenland and FO — Faroe Islands

(b) ES Spain, including the continental territory, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and excluding Ceuta-Melilla;

(c) FR France, including GF- French Guiana, GP — Guadeloupe, MQ — Martinique and RE — Réunion;

(d) GI Gibraltar;

(e) PT Portugal, including the continental territory, Azores and Madeira;

(f) Member States other than those listed in Part A and points (a), (b) (c) and (e) of this section.

Section 2

AD Andorra

CH Switzerland

IS

LI

Iceland

Liechtenstein

MC Monaco

NO Norway

SM San Marino

VA Vatican City State

PART C

AC Ascension Island

AG Antigua and Barbuda

AN Netherlands Antilles

AU Australia

AW Aruba

BB

Barbados

BH Bahrain

BM Bermuda

CA Canada

FJ

FK

Fiji

Falkland Isalnds

HR Croatia

JM Jamaica

JP

Japan

KN Saint Kitts and Nevis

KY

Cayman Islands

MS Montserrat

MU Mauritius

NC New Caledonia

NZ New Zealand

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PF

French Polynesia

PM Saint Pierre et Miquelon

SG Singapore

SH Saint Helena

US United States of America

VC

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VU Vanuatu

WF Wallis and Futuna

YT Mayotte’.