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    Commission Regulation (EC) No 18/2006 of 6 January 2006 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 (Text with EEA relevance)

    OJ L 4, 7.1.2006, p. 3–6 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    OJ L 330M, 28.11.2006, p. 1–4 (MT)

    This document has been published in a special edition(s) (BG, RO, HR)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 28/12/2014; Repealed by 32013R0576

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/18/oj

    7.1.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 4/3


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 18/2006

    of 6 January 2006

    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

    (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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1193/2005. 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 Belarus, Mexico, Romania and Trinidad and Tobago it appears that the risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of movements of pet animals from these countries 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 those third countries should be included in the list of countries and territories set out in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

    (4)

    Guam being a United States territory it is advisable to specifically mention it as part of the United States of America in order to avoid any confusion.

    (5)

    In the interest of clarity the list of countries and territories set out in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should be replaced in its entirety.

    (6)

    Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.

    (7)

    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 20th day after 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, 6 January 2006.

    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 1193/2005 (OJ L 194, 26.7.2005, p. 4).


    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 — Faeroe 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

    BL — Belarus

    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

    MX — Mexico

    NC — New Caledonia

    NZ — New Zealand

    PF — French Polynesia

    PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon

    RO — Romania

    RU — Russian Federation

    SG — Singapore

    SH — Saint Helena

    TT — Trinidad and Tobago

    TW — Taiwan

    US — United States of America (including GU — Guam)

    VC — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    VU — Vanuatu

    WF — Wallis and Futuna

    YT — Mayotte’


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