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Commission Regulation (EC) No 425/2005 of 15 March 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of countries and territoriesText with EEA relevance

OJ L 69, 16.3.2005, p. 3–5 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ L 275M, 6.10.2006, p. 226–228 (MT)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 28/12/2014; stavljeno izvan snage 32013R0576

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/425/oj

16.3.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 69/3


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 425/2005

of 15 March 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 Taiwan, it appears that Taiwan is free of rabies and that the risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of movements of pet animals from Taiwan has been found to be no higher than the risk associated with movements between Member States. Therefore Taiwan 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 text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 March 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 2054/2004 (OJ L 355, 1.12.2004, p. 14).

(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 — 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

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’


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