Commission Regulation (EC) No 590/2006 of  12 April 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: 2006-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, rabies, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 590/2006

of 12 April 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:

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
by
(EC) No 998/2003,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 592/2004 (2).

amended

as

(1)

(2)

(3)

the Community as a result of movements of pet animals
from these countries has been found to be no higher
than the
risk associated with movements between
Member States or from third countries already listed in
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003. Therefore those third
list of
countries should be included in the provisional
third countries and territories set out
in part C of
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

times,

That provisional
list, which has already been amended
includes third countries and territories
several
which are free of rabies and third countries and terri-
tories in respect of which the risk of rabies entering
the Community as a result of movements from those
third countries and territories has been found to be no
higher than the risk associated with movements between
Member States.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

(4)

From information supplied by Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Bulgaria, it appears that the risk of rabies entering

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
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, 12 April 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 18/2006 (OJ L 4, 7.1.2006, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 7.

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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 — Faeroes Islands;

Spain, including the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla;

(b) ES
(c) FR France, including GF — French Guiana, GP — Guadeloupe, MQ — Martinique and RE — Réunion;

(d) GI Gibraltar;

(e) PT Portugal, including the 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

LI

Iceland

Liechtenstein

MC Monaco

NO Norway

SM San Marino

VA Vatican City State

PART C

AC

AE

Ascension Island

United Arab Emirates

AG Antigua and Barbuda

AN Netherlands Antilles

AR

Argentina

AU Australia

AW Aruba

BA

BB

BG

BH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Barbados

Bulgaria

Bahrain

BM Bermuda

BY

CA

CL

FJ

Belarus

Canada

Chile

Fiji

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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 et Miquelon

RO Romania

RU

Russian Federation

SG

SH

TT

Singapore

Saint Helena

Trinidad and Tobago

TW Taiwan

US

VC

United States of America (including GU — Guam)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VU Vanuatu

WF Wallis and Futuna
YT Mayotte’