2004/595/EC: Commission Decision of 29 July 2004 establishing a model health certificate for the importation into the Community for trade of dogs, cats and ferrets (notified under document number C(2004) 1947)(Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-07-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, form, health certificate, surveillance concerning imports

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 July 2004

establishing a model health certificate for the importation into the Community for trade of dogs,
cats and ferrets

(notified under document number C(2004) 1947)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/595/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Regulation is to ensure uniformity of the rules applicable
to trade and non-commercial movements of animals and
to avoid fraud.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992
laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and
imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I)
to
Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular point (b) of Article
17(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 92/65/EEC lays down the
animal health
requirements governing trade in and imports into the
Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos.

the

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of
European
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 (2),
lays down the animal
health requirements applicable to the non-commercial
movement of pet animals and the rules applicable to
checks on such movement. One of the aims of that

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

In addition, Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 amended
Directive 92/65/EEC so that that Directive provides that
to be the subject of trade, dogs, cats and ferrets are to
satisfy the requirements set out in that Regulation.

rules

Accordingly,
it is appropriate to adopt for the impor-
tation into the Community for trade of dogs, cats and
ferrets
the non-
corresponding to those
commercial
importation of those animals while main-
taining the clinical examination required by Article 16
of Directive 92/65/EEC.

for

It is appropriate to ensure that the rules and principles
applied by third country certifying officers provide
sufficient guarantees. Therefore only the importation
into the Community for trade of dogs, cats and ferrets
coming from the countries listed in the Annex 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
the
certification
into
for
fresh
Community of certain live animals and their
meat (3) or
to Regulation (EC) No
998/2003 should be authorised.

in Annex II

importation

conditions,

(2) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 592/2004 (OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 7).

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

last amended by
Commission Decision 2004/372/EC (OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 45).

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(6)

(7)

(8)

A model certificate for non-commercial movements from
third countries of dogs, cats and ferrets has been estab-
lished by Decision 2004/203/EC (1) in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003. A model certificate for
the importation into the Community for trade of dogs,
cats and ferrets should accordingly be established.

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 has amended Article 10 of
Directive 92/65/EEC in order to put in line conditions
to the
applying to trade of dogs, cats and ferrets
applying to non-commercial movements
conditions
and,
Commission Decision
a
as
94/273/EC of 18 April 1994 concerning veterinary certi-
fication for placing on the market in United Kingdom
and Ireland of dogs and cats not originating in those
countries (2) should be repealed.

consequence,

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(b) they are accompanied by a certificate in accordance with the

model set out in the Annex to this Decision.

That certificate shall be required for entries from any third
country as referred to in point (a) of the first paragraph into
a Member State other than Ireland, Sweden and the United
Kingdom and from any third country listed in Section 2 of
Part B and Part C of Annex II
to Regulation (EC) No
998/2003 for entries into Ireland, Sweden and the United
Kingdom.

Article 2

Decision 94/273/EC is repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 12 October 2004.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 4

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Member States shall authorise the importation of dogs, cats and
ferrets for trade as provided for by Article 16 of Directive
92/65/EEC subject to the following requirements:

(a)

they come from third countries listed in: Annex II
to
Decision 79/542/EEC or listed in Section 2 of Part B and
Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003;

Done at Brussels, 29 July 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 65, 3.3.2004, p. 13. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/301/EC (OJ L 98, 2.4.2004, p. 55).

(2) OJ L 117, 7.5.1994, p. 37. Decision as amended by Decision

2001/298/EC (OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63).

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Annex as referred to in Article 1 of this Decision.

ANNEX

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