2005/943/EC: Commission Decision of  21 December 2005  amending Decision 93/195/EEC on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the re-entry of registered horses for racing, competition and cultural events after temporary export  (notified under document number C(2005) 5496)
Date: 2005-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: equidae, health certificate, health control, sport

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 2005

amending Decision 93/195/EEC on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the
re-entry of registered horses for racing, competition and cultural events after temporary export

(notified under document number C(2005) 5496)

(2005/943/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June
1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement
and import from third countries of equidae (1), and in particular
Article 19(ii) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 93/195/EEC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, the seventh indent is replaced by the following:

in which of

in the Endurance World Cup,

‘— have taken part
irre-
spective of
the countries approved in
accordance with Directive 90/426/EEC the competition
takes place, and meet the requirements laid down in a
health certificate in accordance with the model set out in
Annex VII to this Decision.’

2. Annex VII is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 27 December 2005.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Commission Decision 93/195/EEC (2),
the re-entry of registered horses for racing, competition
and cultural events after temporary export is restricted to
horses kept for less than 30 days in a third country.

Under that Decision, however, horses that have taken
in the United Arab Emirates Endurance World
part
Cup and meet
laid down in that
Decision are authorised to re-enter Community territory
after temporary export for less than 60 days.

the requirements

in those competitions,

In order to make it easier for horses originating in the
Community to take part
this
special rule should apply to all Endurance World Cup
competitions carried out under the rules, including the
veterinary supervision, of the Federation Equestre Inter-
national (FEI), irrespective of in which of the countries
approved in accordance with Directive 90/426/EEC the
competition takes place.

(4)

Decision 93/195/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/68/EC (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 320; corrected version in
OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 128).

(2) OJ L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/771/EC (OJ L 291, 5.11.2005, p. 38).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX VII