Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2004 of 19 November 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of countries and territoriesText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, domestic animal, health control, transport of animals

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1994/2004

of 19 November 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
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal
health
non-commercial
movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive
92/65/EEC (1), and in particular Articles10 and 21 thereof,

requirements

applicable

the

to

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. Part C of Annex II to that
Regulation contains a list of third countries where the
risk of rabies entering the Community, as a result of
movements from their territories of pet animals, has
been found to be no higher than the risk associated
with such movements between Member States.

Under Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 a list of
third
countries was to be drawn up before 3 July 2004. To
be included on that list, a third country should demon-
strate its rabies status and that it complies with certain
conditions 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 where necessary additional
guarantees,
it is appropriate to establish a provisional
list of third countries. That list should be based on the
data
International Office of
Epizootie Diseases (OIE-World Organisation for Animal

through the

available

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

the results of

inspections carried out by the
Health),
Commission's Food and Veterinary Office in the third
countries
concerned and information gathered by
Member States.

The list should also be based on the data provided by the
World Health Organization (WHO),
the WHO Colla-
borating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research in
Wusterhausen, and the Rabies Bulletin.

list of

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

risk of

rabies

Following requests of the competent authorities of Chile,
Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates to be included
in the list in part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
998/2003,
it appears appropriate to modify the provi-
sional list established in accordance with Article 10.

2004

amending Regulation

In addition, by Council Decision 2004/650/EC of 13
September
(EC) No
998/2003 (2), Malta was added to the list of countries
in part A of Annex II to the Regulation. Consequently
specific provisions applying to entries of pet animals into
Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom should be
extended to Malta.

Finally, measures adopted by Spain in Ceuta and Melilla
as regard entries from Morocco and controls on those
territories of stray dogs and movements of pet animals
from those territories to Morocco now permit the rabies
status of those territories to be considered as equivalent
to the status of Member states in continental Europe.
Accordingly,
is appropriate to include Ceuta and
Melilla in the list in section I of part B of Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

it

(1) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council

Decision 2004/650/EC (OJ L 298, 23.9.2004, p. 22).

(2) OJ L 298, 23.9.2004, p. 22.

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(9)

In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, it is
appropriate to replace Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
998/2003 in its entirety.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(10)

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(11)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

opinion

the

the

of

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

IE — Ireland

MT — Malta

SE — Sweden

UK — United Kingdom

PART A

PART B

Section 1

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

(b) ES — Spain, including the continental territory, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and 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 Islands and Madeira Islands;

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

Section 2

PART C

AD — Andorra

CH — Switzerland

IS — Iceland

LI — Liechtenstein

MC — Monaco

NO — Norway

SM — San Marino

VA — Vatican City State

AC — Ascension Island

AE — United Arab Emirates

AG — Antigua and Barbuda

AN — Netherlands Antilles

AU — Australia

AW — Aruba

BB — Barbados

BH — Bahrain

BM — Bermuda

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CA — Canada

CL — Chile

FJ — Fiji

FK — Falkland Islands

HK — Hong Kong

HR — Croatia

JM — Jamaica

JP — Japan

KN — Saint Kitts and Nevis

KY — Cayman Islands

MS — Montserrat

MU — Mauritius

NC — New Caledonia

NZ — New Zealand

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’