2005/64/EC: Commission Decision of 26 January 2005 implementing Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards import conditions for cats, dogs and ferrets for approved bodies, institutes or centres (notified under document number C(2005) 118) - Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, health certificate, health control, import policy, research body

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 January 2005

implementing Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards import conditions for cats, dogs and ferrets
for approved bodies, institutes or centres

(notified under document number C(2005) 118)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/64/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Article 19 thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

It is appropriate to lay down specific conditions for the
importation of cats, dogs and ferrets when they are
institutes or centres approved in
destined for bodies,
accordance with Directive 92/65/EEC.

It is necessary to set out a model health certificate for the
import of cats, dogs, and ferrets destined for approved
bodies, institutes or centres.

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)

(2)

least equivalent

animal health
Directive 92/65/EEC lays down the
requirements governing trade in and imports into the
Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos. That
Directive provides that the import conditions for cats,
to the
dogs and ferrets must be at
conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of
the 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
92/65/EEC (2).
The
Directive
amending
between conditions
intention of
equivalency
applying
commercial
non-commercial
to
movements of these species was to avoid fraud in the
pets trade.

Council
this

and

The risk of fraud is negligible as regards movements of
these
centres
approved in accordance with Directive 92/65/EEC.

species between bodies,

institutes or

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

2004/68/EC (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 320).
(2) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Directive as

(EC) No 2054/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 355,

Commission Regulation
1.12.2004, p. 14).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The importation of cats, dogs and ferrets destined for bodies,
institutes or centres approved in accordance with Directive
92/65/EEC shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

they must come from a third country or territory listed in
Section 2 of Part B or in Part C of Annex II to Regulation
(EC) No 998/2003, and

(b) they must be accompanied by a veterinary certificate corre-
in the

sponding to the model health certificate set out
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 February 2005.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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