Commission Regulation (EC) No 18/2006 of  6 January 2006  amending Annex II to 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: 2006-01-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, health control, third country, transport of animals

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 18/2006

of 6 January 2006

amending Annex II to 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 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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

A provisional list of third countries was established by
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1193/2005. That list includes countries
and territories which are free of rabies and countries in
respect of which the
entering the
Community as a result of movements from their terri-
tories has been found to be no higher than the risk
associated with movements between Member States.

risk of

rabies

From information supplied by Belarus, Mexico, Romania
the risk of
and Trinidad and Tobago it appears that
rabies
of
a
the Community
movements of pet animals from these countries has
been found to be no higher than the risk associated

entering

result

as

with movements between Member States or from third
countries already listed in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.
Therefore those third countries should be included in the
list of countries and territories set out in Regulation (EC)
No 998/2003.

Guam being a United States territory it is advisable to
specifically mention it as part of the United States of
America in order to avoid any confusion.

In the interest of clarity the list of countries and terri-
tories set out in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 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
Standing
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

opinion

the

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day after 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, 6 January 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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

amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1193/2005 (OJ L 194,
26.7.2005, p. 4).

last

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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

AR — Argentina

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AU — Australia

AW — Aruba

BB — Barbados

BH — Bahrain

BL — Belarus

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

MX — Mexico

NC — New Caledonia

NZ — New Zealand

PF — French Polynesia

PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon

RO — Romania

RU — Russian Federation

SG — Singapore

SH — Saint Helena

TT — Trinidad and Tobago

TW — Taiwan

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US — United States of America (including GU — Guam)

VC — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VU — Vanuatu

WF — Wallis and Futuna

YT — Mayotte’