Commission Regulation (EC) No 1193/2005 of 25 July 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
Date: 2005-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, domestic animal, health control, rabies, third country, transport of animals

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1193/2005

of 25 July 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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the Euro-
pean 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 (1), and in particular Articles 10 and 21 thereof,

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

(1)

(2)

movements of pet animals from Argentina has been
found to be no higher than the risk associated with
from third
movements between Member States or
countries
(EC) No
in Regulation
998/2003. Therefore Argentina should be included in
the list of countries and territories set out in Regulation
(EC) No 998/2003.

already

listed

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

list of

A provisional
third countries was established
by Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, as amended 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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

(3)

From information supplied by Argentina it appears that
the risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 425/2005 (OJ L 69, 16.3.2005,
p. 3).

(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 — 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
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

AR — Argentina

AU — Australia

AW — Aruba

BB — Barbados

BH — Bahrain

BM — Bermuda

CA — Canada

CL — Chile

FJ — Fiji

FK — Falkland Islands

HK — Hong Kong

HR — Croatia

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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’