CELEX: 32020R2016
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2016 of 9 December 2020 amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey (Text with EEA relevance)

10.12.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 415/39
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2016
         of 9 December 2020
         amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey
         (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(2) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State. In particular, Article 13 of that Regulation provides that the Commission is to adopt two lists of territories and third countries from which the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I thereto, namely dogs, cats and ferrets, may be moved for non-commercial purposes into a Member State.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     The conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State vary depending on the situation of the territory or the third country of origin. Taking into account their particular situation, the third countries or territories may be listed in accordance with Article 13(1) or (2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 (2) sets out the list of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     In view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom has submitted an application to the Commission to be listed, together with the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey, in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013. The Commission has assessed that application and verified that, as regards the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, the United Kingdom, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey fulfil the criteria laid down in in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, and accordingly should be listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     As the transitional period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     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
            Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
         
         
            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
         
         
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 9 December 2020.
            
               
                  For the Commission
               
               
                  The President
               
               Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1.
         
            (2)  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).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            
               ‘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
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           GB
                        
                        
                           United Kingdom (*1)
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           GG
                        
                        
                           Guernsey
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           HK
                        
                        
                           Hong Kong
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           IM
                        
                        
                           Isle of Man
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           JM
                        
                        
                           Jamaica
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           JP
                        
                        
                           Japan
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           JE
                        
                        
                           Jersey
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           KN
                        
                        
                           Saint Kitts and Nevis
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           KY
                        
                        
                           Cayman Islands
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           LC
                        
                        
                           Saint Lucia
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           MS
                        
                        
                           Montserrat
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           MK
                        
                        
                           North 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
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
            
               (*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’