Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2007 of 8 March 2007 amending and adapting Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Bulgaria, Romania and Malaysia (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Malaysia, Romania, animal disease, domestic animal, health control, transport of animals

13.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 73/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 245/2007

of 8 March 2007

amending and adapting Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of
the Council as regards Bulgaria, Romania and Malaysia

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal
health requirements applicable to the non-commercial move-
ment of pet
and amending Council Directive
92/65/EEC (1), and in particular Articles 10 and 19 thereof,

animals

Whereas:

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3)

in Part C of Annex II

The list
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 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.

(4)

From the
competent
information submitted by the
authorities of Malaysia, it appears that the risk of rabies

entering the Community as a result of movements of pet
animals from that country 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 Malaysia should
be included in the list set out in Part C of Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

(5)

Since Bulgaria and Romania have been Member States since
1 January 2007, in the interest of clarity of Community
legislation it is necessary to remove references to those
countries from Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC)
No 998/2003 with effect from the date of accession.

(6) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be amended

accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for
in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1
In Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 Part C of Annex II is amended
as follows:

(1) The following entries are deleted:

‘BG — Bulgaria

RO — Romania’.

(2) The following entry is inserted: ‘MY — Malaysia’.

Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1(1) shall apply from 1 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
L 274,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2006 (OJ
5.10.2006, p. 3).