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Document 32020D2112

    Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2112 of 16 December 2020 amending the Annexes to Decisions 93/455/EEC, 1999/246/EC and 2007/24/EC as regards the approval of the contingency plans of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for the control of foot-and-mouth disease, classical swine fever, avian influenza and Newcastle disease (notified under document C(2020) 9307) (Text with EEA relevance)

    C/2020/9307

    OJ L 427, 17.12.2020, p. 17–20 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 13/07/2021; Repealed by 32020R0687

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2020/2112/oj

    17.12.2020   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 427/17


    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/2112

    of 16 December 2020

    amending the Annexes to Decisions 93/455/EEC, 1999/246/EC and 2007/24/EC as regards the approval of the contingency plans of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for the control of foot-and-mouth disease, classical swine fever, avian influenza and Newcastle disease

    (notified under document C(2020) 9307)

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

    Having regard to Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease (1), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

    Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (2), and in particular Article 22(3) thereof,

    Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (3), and in particular Article 72(7) thereof,

    Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (4), and in particular Article 62(4) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Commission Decision 93/455/EEC (5) approves the contingency plans for the control of foot-and-mouth disease for the Member States listed in the Annex thereto.

    (2)

    Commission Decision 1999/246/EC (6) approves the contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever for the Member States listed in the Annex thereto.

    (3)

    The Annex to Commission Decision 2007/24/EC (7) sets out the list of Member States having approved contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and Newcastle disease.

    (4)

    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 (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Directives 92/66/EEC, 2001/89/EC, 2003/85/EC and 2005/94/EC, as well as the Commission acts based on them, apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. For that reason, references to the United Kingdom in the Annexes to Decisions 93/455/EEC, 1999/246/EC and 2007/24/EC should be replaced by references to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.

    (5)

    The Annexes to Decisions 93/455/EEC, 1999/246/EC and 2007/24/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

    (6)

    As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Decision should apply from 1 January 2021.

    (7)

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

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    The Annex to Decision 93/455/EEC is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision.

    Article 2

    In the Annex to Decision 1999/246/EC, in the list, the entry for the United Kingdom is replaced by the following:

    ‘United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) (*)

    Article 3

    The Annex to Decision 2007/24/EC is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

    Article 4

    This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.

    Article 5

    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 16 December 2020.

    For the Commission

    Stella KYRIAKIDES

    Member of the Commission


    (1)   OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.

    (2)   OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.

    (3)   OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.

    (4)   OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.

    (5)  Commission Decision 93/455/EEC of 23 July 1993 approving certain contingency plans for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (OJ L 213, 24.8.1993, p. 20).

    (6)  Commission Decision 1999/246/EC of 30 March 1999 approving certain contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever (OJ L 93, 8.4.1999, p. 24).

    (7)  Commission Decision 2007/24/EC of 22 December 2006 approving contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and Newcastle disease (OJ L 8, 13.1.2007, p. 26).


    ANNEX I

    ‘ANNEX

    The contingency plans for the control of foot-and-mouth disease of the following Member States (1) are approved:

    Belgium

    Denmark

    Germany

    Greece

    Spain

    France

    Ireland

    Italy

    Luxembourg

    The Netherlands

    Austria

    Portugal

    Finland

    Sweden

    United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


    (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 Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.


    ANNEX II

    ‘ANNEX

    List of Member States  (1) referred to in Article 3

    Code

    Country

    AT

    Austria

    BE

    Belgium

    BG

    Bulgaria

    CY

    Cyprus

    CZ

    Czechia

    DE

    Germany

    DK

    Denmark

    EE

    Estonia

    EL

    Greece

    ES

    Spain

    FI

    Finland

    FR

    France

    HU

    Hungary

    IE

    Ireland

    IT

    Italy

    LV

    Latvia

    LT

    Lithuania

    LU

    Luxembourg

    MT

    Malta

    NL

    Netherlands

    PL

    Poland

    PT

    Portugal

    RO

    Romania

    SE

    Sweden

    SI

    Slovenia

    SK

    Slovakia

    UK(NI)

    United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


    (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 Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.’


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