2009/38/EC: Commission Decision of 13 January 2009 amending Decisions 2001/881/EC and 2002/459/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts in Germany, France, Italy and Austria (notified under document number C(2008) 8995) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU control, animal product, customs inspection, information network, intra-EU trade, live animal, veterinary inspection

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 January 2009

amending Decisions 2001/881/EC and 2002/459/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts in
Germany, France, Italy and Austria

(notified under document number C(2008) 8995)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/38/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in
particular Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991
laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 6(4) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (3), and in particular the introductory phrase
and Article 6(2)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2001/881/EC of 7 December
inspection posts
2001 drawing up a list of border

agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal
products from third countries and updating the detailed
rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the
experts of the Commission (4) sets out a list of border
inspection posts for veterinary checks on live animals
and animal products introduced into the Community
from third countries in the Annex to that Decision (the
list of border inspection posts).

(2)

(3)

by

system introduced

The list of border inspection posts includes the Traces
unit number for each border inspection post. Traces is a
Commission
computerised
Decision 2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004 on the intro­
duction of the Traces system and amending Decision
92/486/EEC (5). It replaces the previous Animo system,
based on the network introduced by Commission
Decision 91/398/EEC of 19 July 1991 on a computerised
network linking veterinary authorities (Animo) (6),
for
tracing movements of animals and certain products in
intra-Community trade and imports.

Swiss Confederation on trade

The Agreement between the European Community and
in agricultural
the
products (7)
(the Agreement) entered into force on
1 June 2002. Annex 11 to that Agreement concerns
measures for
the control and notification of certain
animal diseases and trade in and imports from third
countries of live animals, their semen, ova and embryos.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(3) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.

(4) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 44.
(5) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 63.
(6) OJ L 221, 9.8.1991, p. 30.
(7) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.

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(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Agreement provides for the setting up of a Joint
Veterinary Committee, made up of representatives of
the Parties thereto. That Committee is to consider any
matter arising in connection with Annex 11 to the
Agreement and with its implementation. It may decide
to amend the appendices thereto,
in particular with a
view to their adaptation and updating.

Annex 11 to the Agreement was amended by a new
Agreement. That new Agreement was signed and is
provisionally applied by the Community on the basis
of Council Decision 2008/979/EC of 18 December
2008 on the signing on behalf of the Community and
the provisional application of the Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation
amending Annex 11 to the Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
trade in agricultural products (1).

the

the

amended

addition, The Council

relevant
In
appendices
to Annex 11 to the Agreement by its
Decision 2009/13/EC (2) on the Community position
on Decision No 1/2008 of
Joint Veterinary
Committee set up by the Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
trade in agricultural products regarding the amendment
of Appendices 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to the
Agreement. As a consequence of
those amendments,
inspection posts in Germany, France,
certain border
Italy and Austria will have to cease veterinary checks
on relevant consignments coming from Switzerland.

in France:

and Weil/Rhein;

It is therefore appropriate that the entries for the border
inspections posts to Switzerland in Germany: Konstanz
Straße
Ferney-Voltaire
(Genève), Saint-Louis Bâle (airport and road) and Saint-
Julien Bardonnex; in Italy: Campocologno, Chiasso (road
and rail) and Gran San Bernardo-Pollein; and in Austria:
Feldkirch-Buchs, Feldkirch-Tisis and Höchst be deleted
from the list of border inspection posts set out in the
Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC.

(8)

(9)

(10)

The list of units in Commission Decision 2002/459/EC
of 4 June 2002 listing the units in the Animo computer
network and repealing Decision 2000/287/EC (3) includes
the Traces unit number of each border inspection post in
In the interests of consistency of
the Community.
Community legislation, that list should, accordingly, be
updated to take account of amendments to be made to
the Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC so that the infor­
mation contained in those two Annexes is identical.

Decisions
therefore be amended accordingly.

2001/881/EC and

2002/459/EC should

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

The Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC is amended in accordance
with Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2002/459/EC is amended in accordance
with Annex II to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 6, 10.1.2009, p. 89.

(3) OJ L 159, 17.6.2002, p. 27.

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ANNEX I

The Annex to Decision 2001/881/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in the section on border inspection posts in Germany, the following entries are deleted:

‘Konstanz Straße

Weil/Rhein

DE 53199

DE 49199

R

R

HC, NHC

HC, NHC

U, E, O

U, E, O’

2.

in the section on border inspection posts in France, the following entries are deleted:

‘Ferney–Voltaire (Genève)

Saint Louis Bâle

Saint Louis Bâle

Saint-Julien Bardonnex

FR 20199

FR 26899

FR 16899

FR 17499

A

A

R

R

HC-T(1)(2), HC-NT, NHC

HC-T(1), HC-NT, NHC

HC-T(1), HC-NT, NHC

O

O

HC-T(1), HC-NT, NHC

U, O’

3. In the section on border inspection posts in Italy, the following entries are deleted:

‘Campocologno

Chiasso

Chiasso

Gran San Bernardo–Pollein

IT 03199

IT 10599

IT 00599

IT 02099

F

F

R

R

HC, NHC

HC, NHC

HC, NHC’

U

U, O

U, O

4.

in the section on border inspection posts in Austria, the following entries are deleted:

‘Feldkirch–Buchs

Feldkirch–Tisis

Höchst

AT 01399

AT 01399

AT 00699

F

R

R

HC-NT(2), NHC-NT

HC(2), NHC-NT

HC, NHC-NT

E

U, E, O’

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ANNEX II

The Annex to Decision 2002/459/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in the section on border inspection posts in Germany, the following entries are deleted:

‘0149199

0153199

R

R

WEIL AM RHEIN
KONSTANZ STRASSE’;

2.

in the section on border inspection posts in France, the following entries are deleted:

‘0216899

0217499

0220199

A, R

SAINT-LOUIS BÂLE

R

A

SAINT-JULIEN BARDONNEX
FERNEY – VOLTAIRE (GENEVE)’;

3.

in the section on border inspection posts in Italy, the following entries are deleted:

‘0300599

0302099

0303199

F, R

R

F

CHIASSO
GRAN SAN BERNARDO–POLLEIN
CAMPOCOLOGNO’;

4.

in the section on border inspection posts in Austria, the following entries are deleted:

‘1300699

1301399

R

R, T

HÖCHST
FELDKIRCH TISIS’