Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2006 of 4 October 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: 2006-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, health control, rabies, third country, transport of animals, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1467/2006

of 4 October 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,

(4)

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 19 thereof,

requirements

applicable

the

to

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal
health requirements applicable to the non-commercial
movement of pet animals and the rules applicable to
checks on such movements.

Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down that a list of
third countries from which the movement of pet animals
to the Community may be authorised, provided that
certain requirements are met, is to be set out in Part C
of Annex II to that Regulation.

The list in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
998/2003 includes third countries and territories which
are free of rabies and third countries and territories in
respect of which the
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.

risk of

rabies

From the information submitted by the United Kingdom
as regards the British Virgin Islands, it appears that the
risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of
movements of pet animals from that
territory is no
higher than the risk associated with movements of pet
animals between Member States or from third countries
already listed in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003. Therefore
the British Virgin Islands should be included in the
list set out in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC)
No 998/2003.

In the interest of clarity of Community legislation, the list
of countries and territories set out in Annex II to Regu-
lation (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)

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

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, 4 October 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 590/2006 (OJ L 104, 13.4.2006,
p. 8).

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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 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 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 Ascension Island

AE

United Arab Emirates

AG Antigua and Barbuda

AN Netherlands Antilles

AR Argentina

AU Australia

AW Aruba

BA

BB

BG

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Barbados

Bulgaria

BH Bahrain

BM Bermuda

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BY

Belarus

CA Canada

CL

FJ

FK

Chile

Fiji

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

SH

TT

Singapore

Saint Helena

Trinidad and Tobago

TW Taiwan

US

VC

United States of America (including GU — Guam)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VG British Virgin Islands

VU Vanuatu

WF Wallis and Futuna
YT Mayotte’