Commission Regulation (EC) No 1118/2009 of 20 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1118/2009of 20 November 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EECOJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56., and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007OJ L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 7. lays down the animal health conditions for imports of certain birds other than poultry into the Community and the quarantine conditions applicable to such birds after import.(2)Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 requires Member States to communicate to the Commission and the other Member States a list of the approval numbers of approved quarantine facilities or centres located in their territory. Annex V to that Regulation sets out a list of approved quarantine facilities and centres.(3)Austria has reviewed its approved quarantine facilities and centres and has submitted to the Commission an updated list of those facilities and centres. The list of approved quarantine facilities and centres set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.(5)The measures in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: