2004/517/EC:Commission Decision of 21 June 2004 amending Commission Decision 2001/881/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries (notified under document number C(2004) 2185)
Date: 2004-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, customs regulations, enlargement of the Union, import, live animal, originating product, third country, veterinary inspection

L 221/18

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Official Journal of the European Union

22.6.2004

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 June 2004

amending Commission Decision 2001/881/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts agreed
for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries

(notified under document number C(2004) 2185)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/517/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the
the Commission (3), should be updated to
experts of
take account,
in particular, of developments in certain
Member States and of Community inspections.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and in particular Article 6(2) 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 (2), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2001/881/EC of 7 December
2001 drawing up a list of border
inspection posts
agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal
products from third countries and updating the detailed

(2)

At the request of the Slovenian authorities, and following
a Community inspection, an additional border inspection
post at the port of Koper should be added to the list.

(3)

At the request of the Latvian authorities, and following a
Community inspection, an additional border inspection
post at Grebneva should be added to the list.

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 2004/469/EC amending Decision
2001/881/EC as regards the list of border inspection
posts in view of the accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia erroneously withdrew the
border inspection post of Munich (München) from the
list
for Germany, and the opportunity given by the
present Decision should be taken for correcting this
material error.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive

96/43/EC (OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.).

(3) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/469/EC (OJ L 160, 30.4.2004, p. 7.).

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Official Journal of the European Union

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, the following entry is added to the list of border inspection posts
for Slovenia:

1

2

‘Koper

2600399

3

P

4

5

6

HC, NHC-T(CH),
NHC-NT’

Article 2

In the Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, the following entry is added to the list of border inspection posts
for Latvia:

1

2

‘Grebneva

2972199

3

R

4

5

6

HC-T, NHC-T(CH),
NHC-NT’

Article 3

In the Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC, the following entry is reinserted in the list of border inspection
posts for Germany:

1

‘München

2

0149699

3

A

4

5

HC(2), NHC(2)

6

O’

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission