2004/554/EC: Commission Decision of 9 July 2004 amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC and Annex I to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as regards the updating of the model health certificates relating to ovine and caprine animals (notified under document number C(2004) 1926)(Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: goat, health certificate, import (EU), sheep

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 July 2004

amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC and Annex I to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as
regards the updating of the model health certificates relating to ovine and caprine animals

(notified under document number C(2004) 1926)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/554/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

imports of
The model of veterinary certificate for
domestic ovine
from third
animals
caprine
and
countries is laid down as ‘OVI-X’ in part 2 of Annex I
to Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976
drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third
countries, and laying down animal and public health
and veterinary certification conditions, for importation
into the Community of certain live animals and their
fresh meat (3).

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems
upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and
swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1),
and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Article
14(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The model of veterinary certificate for intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding is laid
down as model III of Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC.

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive, as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(2) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive, as last amended by Directive

2003/50/EC (OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 51).

(3)

In accordance with part I of Chapter A of Annex VIII and
Chapter E of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22
May 2001 laying down rules
the prevention,
control and eradication of certain transmissible spon-
giform encephalopathies (4),
certain requirements on
trade in and imports of ovine and caprine animals for
breeding have been changed in order to reflect a more
vigorous approach as regards scrapie eradication.

for

(3) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as

(4) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2004/372/EC (OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 45).
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2004 (OJ L 162, 30.4.2004,
p. 52).

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(4)

(5)

(6)

It is necessary to align the animal health certificate model
III in Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC and the model
certificate OVI-X in Annex I to Decision 79/542/EEC
with the updated rules.

Directive 91/68/EEC and Decision 79/542/EEC should
therefore be amended accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Model III in Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is replaced by
Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

Model OVI-X in PART 2 of Annex I to Decision 79/542/EEC is
replaced by Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 1 June 2004.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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