93/198/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 February 1993 laying down a model for the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of domestic ovine and caprine animals from third countries

COMMISSION DECISION of 17 February 1993 laying down a model for the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of domestic ovine and caprine animals from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/426/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1) , as last amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92(2) , and in particular Articles 8 and 11 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 91/68/EEC(3)  lays down animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals;
Whereas Council Directive 91/496/EEC(4) , as last amended by Directive 92/438/EEC(5) , lays down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries;
Whereas it appears that the animal health situation in the third countries on the list drawn up in Council Decision 79/542/EEC(6) , as last amended by Commission Decision 93/100/EEC(7) , and including ovine and caprine animals, is supervised by  veterinary services which, although in some cases are in the process of reorganization, can nevertheless offer satisfactory guarantees concerning diseases which might be transmitted through the import of ovine and caprine animals;
Whereas the veterinary authorities of the third countries on the list have undertaken to notify the Commission and the Member States within 24 hours of the occurrence of the following diseases: rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease, bluetongue, contagious  caprine pleuropneumonia, peste des petits ruminants, epizootic haemorrhagic disease, sheep pox, goat pox, Rift Valley fever or vesicular stomatitis, or of the decision to vaccinate against any of these;
Whereas the veterinary authorities of the countries on the list have undertaken not to permit the issue of certificates described in the Annex to this Decision for imported animals unless the animals were imported from a Member State or in accordance  with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirement of Council Directive 72/462/EEC including any decision made pursuant thereto;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,