Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1219/2014 of 13 November 2014 amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the list of territories and third countries Text with EEA relevance
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1219/2014of 13 November 2014amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the list of territories and third countries(Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1., and in particular Article 13(1) and (2) thereof,Whereas:(1)By Commission Regulation (EU) No 1160/2014Regulation (EU) No 1160/2014 of 30 October 2014 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 (OJ L 311, 31.10.2014, p. 17)., the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was included in the list set out in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (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 (OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1)..(2)Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 repealing and replacing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 with effect from 29 December 2014, the countries and territories listed in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 are listed from that date in Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 109)..The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should therefore be included in the list set out in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013.(3)For reasons of clarity and to take account of the provisions of Treaty of Accession of Croatia and of European Council Decision 2012/419/EUEuropean Council Decision 2012/419/EU of 11 July 2012 amending the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union (OJ L 204, 31.7.2012, p. 131)., it is appropriate to amend Parts 1 and 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 and to replace Annex II thereto in its entirety.(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 29 December 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 November 2014.For the CommissionThe PresidentJean-Claude JunckerANNEX"ANNEX IIList of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013PART 1List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
ISO codeTerritory or third country
ADAndorra
CHSwitzerland
FOFaroe Islands
GIGibraltar
GLGreenland
ISIceland
LILiechtenstein
MCMonaco
NONorway
SMSan Marino
VAVatican City State
PART 2List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
ISO codeTerritory or third countryIncluded territories
ACAscension Island
AEUnited Arab Emirates
AGAntigua and Barbuda
ARArgentina
AUAustralia
AWAruba
BABosnia and Herzegovina
BBBarbados
BHBahrain
BMBermuda
BQBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the BES Islands)
BYBelarus
CACanada
CLChile
CWCuraçao
FJFiji
FKFalkland Islands
HKHong Kong
JMJamaica
JPJapan
KNSaint Kitts and Nevis
KYCayman Islands
LCSaint Lucia
MSMontserrat
MKThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
MUMauritius
MXMexico
MYMalaysia
NCNew Caledonia
NZNew Zealand
PFFrench Polynesia
PMSaint Pierre and Miquelon
RURussia
SGSingapore
SHSaint Helena
SXSint Maarten
TTTrinidad and Tobago
TWTaiwan
USUnited States of AmericaAS — American SamoaGU — GuamMP — Northern Mariana IslandsPR — Puerto RicoVI — US Virgin Islands"
VCSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
VGBritish Virgin Islands
VUVanuatu
WFWallis and Futuna