Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2008 of 18 November 2008 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Croatia (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, domestic animal, health control, merchandising, third country

19.11.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1144/2008

of 18 November 2008

amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
as regards Croatia

(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
non-commercial
health
movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive
92/65/EEC (1), and in particular Article 8(3)(a) and Article 19
thereof,

requirements

applicable

the

to

Whereas:

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.

Those requirements differ, depending on whether the pet
animals are moved between Member States or from third
countries to Member States. Moreover, the requirements
for such movements from third countries are further
differentiated between third countries listed in Section
2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation and those
third countries which are listed in Part C of that Annex.

to

apply

countries which

Third
non-commercial
movement of pet animals rules at least equivalent to
Community rules as provided for in Chapter III of Regu­
lation (EC) No 998/2003 are listed in Section 2 of Part B
of Annex II to that Regulation. These rules include the
possibility for those third countries to use the passport in
accordance with the model established by Commission
Decision 2003/803/EC (2) instead of the certificate.

The non-commercial movement of pet animals from
those third countries into the Community is subjected
to the same rules as movement of
those animals
between the Member States, as provided for in Chapter
II of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

including Croatia,

in respect of which the
territories,
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.

Croatia has recently requested to be included in Section 2
of Part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 in
order to simplify the movements of pet animals between
Croatia and the EU.

Having regard to information supplied by Croatia about
its national legislation, it appears that Croatia applies to
non-commercial movement of pet animals rules at least
equivalent
in
Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

to Community rules as provided for

It is therefore appropriate to delete Croatia from the list
in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003
and include it in the list in Section 2 of Part B of that
Annex.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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

(10)

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

opinion

the

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II
follows:

to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is amended as

1.

in Section 2 of Part B,
between the entry for Switzerland and that for Iceland:

the following entry is inserted

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

2.

in Part C, the following entry is deleted:

‘HR Croatia’;

(1) OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 312, 27.11.2003, p. 1.

‘HR Croatia’.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission