CELEX: 32005R1193
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1193/2005 of 25 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of countries and territories Text with EEA relevance

26.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 194/4
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1193/2005
   of 25 July 2005
   amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of countries and territories
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Articles 10 and 21 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down a list of third countries and territories from which movement of pet animals to the Community may be authorised, provided that certain requirements are met.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               A provisional list of third countries was established by Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 592/2004 (2). That list includes countries and territories which are free of rabies and countries in respect of which the risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of movements from their territories has been found to be no higher than the risk associated with movements between Member States.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               From information supplied by Argentina it appears that the risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of movements of pet animals from Argentina has been found to be no higher than the risk associated with movements between Member States or from third countries already listed in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003. Therefore Argentina should be included in the list of countries and territories set out in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               In the interest of clarity that list of countries and territories should be replaced in its entirety.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 25 July 2005.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 425/2005 (OJ L 69, 16.3.2005, p. 3).
   
      (2)  OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 7.
   ANNEX
   
      
         ‘ANNEX II
         LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
         PART A
         
                      
                  
                  
                     IE — Ireland
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     MT — Malta
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     SE — Sweden
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     UK — United Kingdom
                  
               PART B
         Section 1
         
                     (a)
                  
                  
                     DK — Denmark, including GL — Greenland and FO — Faeroes Islands;
                  
               
                     (b)
                  
                  
                     ES — Spain, including the continental territory, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla;
                  
               
                     (c)
                  
                  
                     FR — France, including GF — French Guiana, GP — Guadeloupe, MQ — Martinique and RE — Réunion;
                  
               
                     (d)
                  
                  
                     GI — Gibraltar;
                  
               
                     (e)
                  
                  
                     PT — Portugal, including the continental territory, Azores Islands and Madeira Islands;
                  
               
                     (f)
                  
                  
                     Member States other than those listed in Part A and points (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section.
                  
               Section 2
         
                      
                  
                  
                     AD — Andorra
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     CH — Switzerland
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     IS — Iceland
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     LI — Liechtenstein
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     MC — Monaco
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     NO — Norway
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     SM — San Marino
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     VA — Vatican City State
                  
               PART C
         
                      
                  
                  
                     AC — Ascension Island
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     AE — United Arab Emirates
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     AG — Antigua and Barbuda
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     AN — Netherlands Antilles
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     AR — Argentina
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     AU — Australia
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     AW — Aruba
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     BB — Barbados
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     BH — Bahrain
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     BM — Bermuda
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     CA — Canada
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     CL — Chile
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     FJ — Fiji
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     FK — Falkland Islands
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     HK — Hong Kong
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     HR — Croatia
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     JM — Jamaica
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     JP — Japan
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     KN — Saint Kitts and Nevis
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     KY — Cayman Islands
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     MS — Montserrat
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     MU — Mauritius
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     NC — New Caledonia
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     NZ — New Zealand
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     PF — French Polynesia
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     PM — Saint Pierre et Miquelon
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     RU — Russian Federation
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     SG — Singapore
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     SH — Saint Helena
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     TW — Taiwan
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     US — United States of America
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     VC — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     VU — Vanuatu
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     WF — Wallis and Futuna
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     YT — Mayotte’