2005/617/EC: Commission Decision of 17 August 2005 temporarily recognising the systems for identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom, according to Article 4(2)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 (notified under document number C(2005) 3122)
Date: 2005-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, goat, sheep, traceability, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

19.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 214/63

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 August 2005

temporarily recognising the systems for identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals
in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom, according to Article 4(2)(d) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 21/2004

(notified under document number C(2005) 3122)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2005/617/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of
17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification
and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC
and 64/432/EEC (1), and in particular Article 4(2)(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the United Kingdom has
The competent authority of
submitted two requests, accompanied by appropriate
documentation,
the system of
for the recognition of
identification and registration of ovine and caprine
animals implemented in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland respectively.

Following a Commission veterinary inspection mission in
the United Kingdom the Commission experts found that
in Great Britain the systems of identification and regis-
tration of ovine and caprine animals
in place and
proposed are generally speaking capable of ensuring
compliance with most of the objectives laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 21/2004, but a number of weak-
In Northern Ireland the
nesses need to be addressed.
identification and registration of
proposed system of

(1) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

ovine animals could achieve compliance with most of
the objectives
laid down in Regulation (EC) No
21/2004, but its implementation would demand a high
from all parties
level of awareness and commitment
involved.

The competent authority of the United Kingdom has
undertaken the commitment
to address the concerns
raised, and in particular to take the necessary measures
to ensure compliance with Regulation (EC) No 21/2004
within 10 weeks of the requested approval being granted.

The systems of identification and registration of ovine
in Great Britain and Northern
and caprine animals
Ireland should therefore be given provisional approval
for the interim period allowing the replacement of the
second means of identification for ovine animals by that
system, except in the case of animals involved in intra-
Community trade.

The competent authority should carry out appropriate
checks in order to verify the proper implementation of
the systems of identification and registration of ovine and
caprine animals.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

The systems for the identification and registration of ovine and
caprine animals provided for under Article 4(2)(c) of Regulation
(EC) No 21/2004 implemented by the United Kingdom in Great
Britain and Northern Ireland are hereby considered to be provi-
sionally operational from 9 July 2005 until 30 April 2006 at
the latest.

Without prejudice to provisions to be laid down according to
Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 the competent
authority shall carry out the appropriate on-the-spot checks
each year to verify compliance by keepers with the requirements
on identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals.

Article 4

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.

The Commission shall in cooperation with the authorities of the
United Kingdom make inspections on the spot to verify imple-
mentation of the action proposed by the United Kingdom.

The provisional approval of the system for identification and
registration of ovine and caprine animals granted in Article 1
shall be reviewed in the light of the inspection findings by
31 January 2006.

Done at Brussels, 17 August 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission