Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1219/2014 of 13 November 2014 amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the list of territories and third countries  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, domestic animal, health certificate, rabies, transport of animals, vaccination, veterinary legislation








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14.11.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 329/23








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1219/2014
of 13 November 2014
         
amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the list of territories and third countries
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 (1), and in particular Article 13(1) and (2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Commission Regulation (EU) No 1160/2014 (2), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was included in the list set out in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).












(2)


Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 repealing and replacing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 with effect from 29 December 2014, the countries and territories listed in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 are listed from that date in Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 (4).
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should therefore be included in the list set out in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013.












(3)


For reasons of clarity and to take account of the provisions of Treaty of Accession of Croatia and of European Council Decision 2012/419/EU (5), it is appropriate to amend Parts 1 and 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 and to replace Annex II thereto in its entirety.












(4)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 December 2014.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 November 2014.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1.

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 1160/2014 of 30 October 2014 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 (OJ L 311, 31.10.2014, p. 17).

(3)  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 movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 109).

(5)  European Council Decision 2012/419/EU of 11 July 2012 amending the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union (OJ L 204, 31.7.2012, p. 131).




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX II
List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
PART 1

List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013







ISO code


Territory or third country




AD


Andorra




CH


Switzerland




FO


Faroe Islands




GI


Gibraltar




GL


Greenland




IS


Iceland




LI


Liechtenstein




MC


Monaco




NO


Norway




SM


San Marino




VA


Vatican City State




PART 2

List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013








ISO code


Territory or third country


Included territories




AC


Ascension Island


 




AE


United Arab Emirates


 




AG


Antigua and Barbuda


 




AR


Argentina


 




AU


Australia


 




AW


Aruba


 




BA


Bosnia and Herzegovina


 




BB


Barbados


 




BH


Bahrain


 




BM


Bermuda


 




BQ


Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the BES Islands)


 




BY


Belarus


 




CA


Canada


 




CL


Chile


 




CW


Curaçao


 




FJ


Fiji


 




FK


Falkland Islands


 




HK


Hong Kong


 




JM


Jamaica


 




JP


Japan


 




KN


Saint Kitts and Nevis


 




KY


Cayman Islands


 




LC


Saint Lucia


 




MS


Montserrat


 




MK


The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


 




MU


Mauritius


 




MX


Mexico


 




MY


Malaysia


 




NC


New Caledonia


 




NZ


New Zealand


 




PF


French Polynesia


 




PM


Saint Pierre and Miquelon


 




RU


Russia


 




SG


Singapore


 




SH


Saint Helena


 




SX


Sint Maarten


 




TT


Trinidad and Tobago


 




TW


Taiwan


 




US


United States of America


AS — American Samoa
GU — Guam
MP — Northern Mariana Islands
PR — Puerto Rico
VI — US Virgin Islands’




VC


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


 




VG


British Virgin Islands


 




VU


Vanuatu


 




WF


Wallis and Futuna