Commission Regulation (EC) No 339/2006 of  24 February 2006  amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, Australia, Iceland, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Singapore, Uruguay, Vanuatu, animal product, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, cattle, goat, import restriction, live animal, sheep, veterinary inspection

25.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 55/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 339/2006

of 24 February 2006

amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and
caprine origin

(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 999/2001 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular
the first paragraph of Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In its opinions of 2001 on the geographical risk of
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
in Brazil,
Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Botswana, Namibia and
Swaziland, the Scientific Steering Committee (the SSC)
concluded that the occurrence of BSE in native cattle
of those countries was highly unlikely. As a consequence,
they were included in the list of countries exempted from
certain TSE-related trade conditions
live bovine
animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine
origin.

for

concluded that the occurrence of BSE in native cattle
of Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Botswana,
unlikely.
Namibia
Therefore
be
exempted from the TSE-related trade conditions for live
bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and
caprine origin.

not
should

and
those

highly
no

Swaziland

countries

longer

is

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex XI
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in

Article 2

(2)

In its updated opinions adopted in February 2005 and
August 2005 on the geographical BSE risk of certain
the European Food Safety Authority
third countries,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of 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, 24 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1974/2005 (OJ

last amended by
L 317,

Commission Regulation
3.12.2005, p. 4).

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Official Journal of the European Union

25.2.2006

ANNEX

Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended as follows:

(a)

In Part A, in the second subparagraph of point 15(b), the list of countries is replaced by the following:
‘— Argentina
— Australia
— Iceland
— Nouvelle Calédonie
— New-Zealand
— Panama
— Paraguay
— Singapore
— Uruguay
— Vanuatu.’

(b) In part D, point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Point 2 shall not apply to imports of bovine animals born and continuously reared in the following countries:

— Argentina
— Australia
— Iceland
— Nouvelle Calédonie
— New-Zealand
— Panama
— Paraguay
— Singapore
— Uruguay
— Vanuatu.’