2005/869/EC: Commission Decision of  2 December 2005  amending Decision 2005/62/EC as regards the extension of the transitional period for Cyprus  (notified under document number C(2005) 4630)
Date: 2005-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, animal product, by-product, transitional period (EU), waste incineration

7.12.2005

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 December 2005

amending Decision 2005/62/EC as regards the extension of the transitional period for Cyprus

(notified under document number C(2005) 4630)

(Only the Greek text is authentic)

(2005/869/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

that it may be ready to implement the scheme within
and even before the expiry of that period.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002
laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article
24(6) and Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2005/62/EC of 27 January 2005
laying down transitional measures to be applied by
Cyprus as regards on-site burning or burial of animal
by-products under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides
for a transitional period, which expires on 1 November
2005. That period was intended to allow Cyprus time to
set up a collection and disposal scheme for animal by-
products.

Cyprus has now informed the Commission that it will
not have an operational collection and disposal scheme
by 1 November 2005, and has asked the Commission to
extend the validity of the current transitional period for a
further period of 14 months. However, Cyprus has noted

(1) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2005 (OJ L 66, 12.3.2005,
p. 10).

(2) OJ L 25, 28.1.2005, p. 71.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

It is therefore necessary to extend the validity of transi-
tional measures laid down in Decision 2005/62/EC for a
further period of time.

Cyprus should report regularly to the Commission on
progress, including steps completed, the steps still to be
completed and the
completing any
schedules
outstanding steps. The Commission intends to continue
monitoring closely the situation in Cyprus.

for

During the extended transitional period, Cyprus has
undertaken to continue to take the necessary measures
to avoid endangering human or animal health and the
environment as laid down in Commission Regulation
(EC) No 811/2003 of 12 May 2003 implementing Regu-
lation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards the intra-species recycling
the burial and burning of animal by-
ban for fish,
products and certain transitional measures (3).

Decision 2005/62/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(3) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 14.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

3. Article 3 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

Decision 2005/62/EC is amended as follows:

‘Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2005 to 1 January
2007.’

Article 2

1.

in Article 1(1), the date ‘1 November 2005’ is replaced by
‘1 January 2007’;

This Decision shall apply from 1 November 2005.

2.

in Article 2,
following:

the second sentence is

replaced by the

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Cyprus.

Done at Brussels, 2 December 2005.

‘Cyprus shall submit periodic reports to the Commission and
the other Member States on the progress made in estab-
lishing the disposal system on 1 February 2006, 1 May
2006, 1 August 2006 and 1 November 2006.’;

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission