Commission Regulation (EC) No 425/2005 of 15 March 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of countries and territoriesText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Taiwan, domestic animal, health control, import, rabies, third country, transport of animals

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 425/2005

of 15 March 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards
the list of countries and territories

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

higher than the risk associated with movements between
Member States. Therefore Taiwan should be included in
the list of countries and territories set out in Regulation
(EC) No 998/2003.

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 Articles 10 and 21 thereof,

requirements

applicable

the

to

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down a list of third
countries and territories from which movement of pet
animals
authorised,
be
provided that certain requirements are met.

the Community may

to

as

amended

(EC) No 998/2003,

A provisional list of third countries was established by
Regulation
by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 592/2004 (2). That list
includes countries and territories which are free of rabies
and countries in respect of which the risk of rabies
entering the Community as a result of movements
from their territories has been found to be no higher
than the
risk associated with movements between
Member States.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In the interest of clarity, that list of countries and terri-
tories should be replaced in its entirety.

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

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

opinion

the

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

it appears that
From information supplied by Taiwan,
Taiwan is free of rabies and that
the risk of rabies
entering the Community as a result of movements of
pet animals from Taiwan has been found to be no

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 2054/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 355,

Commission Regulation
1.12.2004, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 7.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

PART A

IE — Ireland

MT — Malta

SE — Sweden

UK — United Kingdom

PART B

Section 1

(a) DK — Denmark, including GL — Greenland and FO — Faeroe 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

AD — Andorra

CH — Switzerland

IS — Iceland

LI — Liechtenstein

MC — Monaco

NO — Norway

SM — San Marino

VA — Vatican City State

PART C

AC — Ascension Island

AE — United Arab Emirates

AG — Antigua and Barbuda

AN — Netherlands Antilles

AU — Australia

AW — Aruba

BB — Barbados

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BH — Bahrain

BM — Bermuda

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

RU — Russian Federation

SG — Singapore

SH — Saint Helena

TW — Taiwan

US — United States of America

VC — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VU — Vanuatu

WF — Wallis and Futuna

YT — Mayotte’