Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/455/EC of 29 April 2004 adapting Decision 2003/322/EC implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as regards the feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain Category 1 materials by reason of the accession of Cyprus (OJ L 156, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural waste, animal nutrition, bird, health control, health legislation, protected species

7.6.2004

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/455/EC of 29 April 2004 adapting Decision 2003/322/EC imple-
menting Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 as regards the feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain Cate-
gory 1 materials by reason of the accession of Cyprus

(Official Journal of the European Union L 156 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/455/EC should read as follows:

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 April 2004

adapting Decision 2003/322/EC implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards the feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain
Category 1 materials by reason of the accession of Cyprus

(notified under document number C(2004) 1682)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/455/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

For certain acts which remain valid beyond 1 May 2004
and require adaptation by reason of accession, the neces-
sary adaptations were not provided for in the 2003 Act
of Accession, or were provided for but need further
adaptations. All these adaptations need to be adopted
before accession so as to be applicable as from acces-
sion.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying
down health rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (1) provides the possi-
bility for Member States to authorise the feeding of
endangered or protected species of necrophagous birds
with certain Category 1 material by derogation to the
restrictions applicable to the use of animal by-products
laid down in that Regulation.

Commission Decision 2003/322/EC (2) lists the Member
States authorised to make use of that possibility, the
species of necrophagous birds which may be fed with
the Category 1 material, and the implementing rules
under which the feeding may take place.

Cyprus has submitted a request for the authorisation of
feeding certain species of necrophagous birds with
certain Category 1 material and has submitted satisfac-
tory information concerning the occurrence of those
species on its territory as well as on the safety measures
to be applied when feeding Category 1 animal by-
products to those birds.

Decision 2003/322/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal
Health has been informed of the measures provided for
in this Decision,

(2)

Pursuant to Article 57(2) of the Act of Accession, such
adaptations are to be adopted by the Commission in all
cases where the Commission adopted the original act.

(1) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 808/2003 (OJ L 117, 13.5.2003,
p. 1).

(2) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 32.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

3. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

Decision 2003/322/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Implementing rules on the feeding of necrophagous
birds with Category 1 material

Italy, Cyprus

to Article 23(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
1774/2002, Greece, Spain, France,
and
Portugal may authorise the use of entire bodies of dead
animals which may contain specified risk material as
referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(ii) of that Regulation for the
feeding of the endangered or protected species of necropha-
gous birds as set out in Part A of the Annex to this Deci-
sion.’

‘Article 6

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic, the
Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic,
the Republic of Cyprus and the Portuguese Republic.’

4. In the Annex, in Part A, the following point (f) is added:

‘(f) In the case of Cyprus: black vulture (Aegypius monachus)

and griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus).’

Article 2

This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the
entry into force of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

the Treaty of Accession of

Article 3

2. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

‘Article 4

Compliance by Member States

Italy, Cyprus and Portugal shall
Greece, Spain, France,
immediately take the necessary measures to comply with
this Decision and shall publish those measures. They shall
immediately inform the Commission thereof.’

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission