2007/228/EC: Commission Decision of 11 April 2007 laying down transitional measures for the system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals in Romania provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 (notified under document number C(2007) 1527) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, goat, sheep, traceability, transitional period (EU), veterinary legislation

13.4.2007

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 April 2007

laying down transitional measures for the system for the identification and registration of ovine
and caprine animals in Romania provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004

(notified under document number C(2007) 1527)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/228/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

for in Regulation (EC) No 21/2004, may be applied on
the holding from which the animals are dispatched.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 42 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(EC) No

1782/2003

Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December
2003 establishing a system for the identification and
registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending
and Directives
Regulation
92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (1) provides
all
animals on a holding born after 9 July 2005, or as
regards Bulgaria and Romania, animals born following
the date of their Accession, are to be identified within
a period not exceeding six months from the date of birth
of the animal and, in any case, before the animal leaves
the holding of birth.

that

Pursuant to that Regulation animals are to be identified
by an eartag and by a second means of identification
approved by the competent authority and conforming
to certain technical characteristics.

By letter of 22 January 2007, Romania requested transi-
tional measures for a period of one year for the identi-
fication of ovine and caprine animals in that Member
State, during which time the animals will only be iden-
tified by means of a single eartag.

Romania has given appropriate assurances that animals
entering into intra-Community trade or intended for
export to third countries will be identified in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 21/2004.

In order to allow Romania to continue with its identifi-
cation system for one year but also to ensure that
animals for intra-Community trade and export are iden-
such animals
tified by two means of
should be identified in accordance with Community
rules, except that the means of identification, provided

identification,

(6)

(7)

(8)

In order to facilitate the transition from the existing
regime in Romania to that under Regulation (EC) No
is appropriate to lay down transitional
21/2004,
measures for the identification of ovine and caprine
animals in that Member State.

it

It is necessary for this Decision to apply from 1 January
2007 to ensure continuity in the application of
the
existing identification system for national movements.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Identification of animals in Romania

Animals of the ovine and caprine species kept on holdings
situated in Romania (‘the animals’) shall be identified by at
least one single eartag bearing an individual code for each
in accordance with national
animal
rules by the date the
animal
leaves the holding of birth or within a period of six
months from the date of birth, whichever is the earlier.

Article 2

Identification of animals intended for intra-Community
trade or export to third countries

All animals intended for intra-Community trade or export to
third countries shall be identified in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 21/2004, where applicable, in addition to the eartag
applied in accordance with Article 1 of this Decision.

By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
identification referred to in that
21/2004,
provision may be applied in the holding of origin, as defined
in Article 2(b)(8) of Council Directive 91/68/EEC (2).

the means of

(1) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

(2) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as last amended by Directive

No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

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Article 3

Movement document requirement

The movement document accompanying an animal whenever it
is moved within the national territory between two separate
holdings, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 21/2004,
for each
shall contain the individual codes
animal as provided for in Article 1 of this Decision.

Article 5

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2007.

Article 4

Applicability

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007 to 31 December
2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission