THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), and in particular Article 20(1) and (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC(2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(3), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2009/821/EC of 28 September 2009 drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces(4) lays down a list of border inspection posts approved in accordance with Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC. That list is set out in Annex I to that Decision.
(2) Denmark has communicated that a new inspection centre has been added to the border inspection post at the port of Esbjerg. The list of entries for that Member State as set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) Following communication from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Portugal, the entries for the border inspection posts in those Member States should be amended in the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC.
(4) The Commission audit service (formerly referred to as Commission inspection service), the Food and Veterinary Office, carried out an audit in Spain, following which it made a number of recommendations to that Member State. Spain has communicated that the one port and several airport border inspection posts should be temporarily suspended. The entries for those border inspection posts set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) Italy has communicated that the border inspection post at Brindisi port should be deleted from the list of entries for that Member State. Portugal has communicated that the border inspection post at Viana do Castelo port should be deleted from the list of entries for that Member State. The lists of entries for these Member States as set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The United Kingdom has communicated that the border inspection post of Hull should be temporarily suspended. The list of entries for that Member State as set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Following a satisfactory audit carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office in Lithuania, the approval of the road border inspection post at Kybartai, which officially opens on 21 May 2013, can be extended to live animals for all categories (U, E and O). The relevant entry for that Member State as set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) Annex II to Decision 2009/821/EC lays down the list of central units, regional units and local units in the integrated computerised veterinary system (Traces).
(9) Following communication from Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom, certain changes should be brought to the list of central, regional and local units in Traces for these Member States, laid down in Annex II to Decision 2009/821/EC.
(10) Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Annexes I and II to Decision 2009/821/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
The amendment set out in point (1)(g) of the Annex shall apply from 21 May 2013.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 May 2013.
For the Commission
Tonio Borg
Member of the Commission
Annexes I and II to Decision 2009/821/EC are amended as follows:
Annex I is amended as follows:
in the part concerning Denmark, the entry for the port at Esbjerg is replaced by the following:
| ‘Esbjerg | DK EBJ 1 | P | Intercargo Coldstores ApS | HC-T(FR)(1)(2), HC-NT(6), NHC-T(FR)(2), NHC-NT(6)(11) | |
| E D & F Man Terminals Denmark ApS | HC-NT(6), NHC-NT(6)(11)’ |
the part concerning Germany is amended as follows:
the entry for the port at Cuxhaven is replaced by the following:
| ‘Cuxhaven | DE CUX 1 | P | HC-T(FR)(2)(3)’ |
the entry for the port at Hannover-Langenhagen is replaced by the following:
| ‘Hannover-Langenhagen | DE HAJ 4 | A | HC(2), NHC(2) | O (10)’ |
the entry for the port at Jade-Weser-Port Wilhelmshaven is replaced by the following:
| ‘JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven | DE WVN 1 | P | HC, NHC-T(FR), NHC-NT’ |
the part concerning Spain is amended as follows:
the entry for the airport at Almeria is replaced by the following:
| ‘Almeria(*) | ES LEI 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*) | O(*)’ |
the entry for the aiport at Bilbao is replaced by the following:
| ‘Bilbao(*) | ES BIO 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*) | O(*)’ |
the entry for the airport at Gerona is replaced by the following:
| ‘Gerona(*) | ES GRO 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*)’ |
the entry for the port at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is replaced by the following:
| ‘Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | ES LPA 1 | P | Productos | HC, NHC | |
| Animales(*) | U(*), E(*), O(*)’ |
the entry for the airport at Madrid is replaced by the following:
| ‘Madrid | ES MAD 4 | A | Iberia | HC-T(FR)(2), HC-NT(2), NHC(2) | U, E, O |
| Flightcare | HC(2), NHC-T(CH)(2), NHC-NT(2) | O | |||
| PER4 | HC-T(CH)(2) | ||||
| WFS: World Wide Flight Services | HC(2), NHC-T(CH)(2), NHC-NT | O’ |
the entry for the port at Málaga is replaced by the following:
| ‘Málaga | ES AGP 1 | P | HC, NHC(*) | U(*), E(*), O’ |
the entry for the airport at Palma de Mallorca is replaced by the following:
| ‘Palma de Mallorca(*) | ES PMI 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*) | O(*)’ |
the entries for the airport and port at Santander are replaced by the following:
| ‘Santander(*) | ES SDR 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*) | ||
| Santander(*) | ES SDR 1 | P | HC(*), NHC(*)’ |
the entry for the airport at Santiago de Compostela is replaced by the following:
| ‘Santiago de Compostela(*) | ES SCQ 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*)’ |
the entry for the airport at Vigo is replaced by the following:
| ‘Vigo(*) | ES VGO 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC(2)(*)’ |
the entry for the airport at Vitoria is replaced by the following:
| ‘Vitoria(*) | ES VIT 4 | A | HC(2)(*), NHC-NT(2)(*), NHC-T(CH)(2)(*) | U(*), E(*), O(*)’ |
in the part concerning France, the entry for the port at Sète is replaced by the following:
| ‘Sète | FR SET 1 | P | HC(1)(2), NHC-NT’ |
the part concerning Italy is amended as follows:
the entry for the port at Brindisi is deleted;
the entry for the port at Livorno-Pisa is replaced by the following:
| ‘Livorno-Pisa | IT LIV 1 | P | Porto Commerciale | HC, NHC-NT | |
| Sintemar(*) | HC(*), NHC(*) | ||||
| Lorenzini | HC, NHC-NT | ||||
| Terminal Darsena Toscana | HC, NHC’ |
the entry for the port at Taranto is replaced by the following:
| ‘Taranto | IT TAR 1 | P | HC, NHC-NT’ |
in the part concerning Latvia, the entry for the port at Riga (BFT) is replaced by the following:
| ‘Riga (BFT) | LV RIX 1b | P | HC-T(FR)(2), HC-NT(2)’ |
in the part concerning Lithuania, the entry for the road at Kybartai is replaced by the following:
| ‘Kybartai(13) | LT KBK 3 | R | HC, NHC | U, E, O’ |
in the part concerning the Netherlands, the entry for the airport at Amsterdam is replaced by the following:
| ‘Amsterdam | NL AMS 4 | A | Aviapartner Cargo B.V. | HC(2), NHC-T(FR), NHC-NT(2) | O(14) |
| Schiphol Animal Centre | U(8), E | ||||
| KLM-2 | U, E, O(14) | ||||
| Freshport | HC(2), NHC(2) | O(14)’ |
the part concerning Portugal is amended as follows:
the entry for the airport at Porto is replaced by the following:
| ‘Porto | PT OPO 4 | A | HC-T(CH)(2), NHC-NT(2)’ |
the entry for the port at Viana do Castelo is deleted.
in the part concerning the United Kingdom, the entry for the port at Hull is replaced by the following:
| ‘Hull(*) | GB HUL 1 | P | HC-T(1,3)(*), HC-NT (1,3)(*)’ |
Annex II is amended as follows:
in the part concerning Denmark, the entry for the local unit ‘DK00100 RØDOVRE’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘DK00100 | GLOSTRUP’ |
in the part concerning Germany, the entry for the local unit ‘DE32403 Osnabrueck, Stadt’ is deleted;
the part concerning Italy is amended as follows:
the entry for the local unit ‘IT00410 TERNI-AREA ORVIETANA’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00410 | TERNI’ |
the following entries for the regional unit ‘IT00010 UMBRIA’ are deleted:
| ‘IT00110 | CITTA’ DI CASTELLO |
| IT00310 | FOLIGNO’ |
the part concerning the Netherlands is amended as follows:
the entry for the central unit ‘NL00000 VWA’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘NL00000 | NVWA’ |
the entries for the current five regional units VWA NOORD, VWA NOORDWEST, VWA OOST, VWA ZUID and VWA ZUIDWEST are replaced by the following:
| ‘NL00001 | NVWA NOORD |
| NL00002 | NVWA NOORDWEST |
| NL00003 | NVWA OOST |
| NL00004 | NVWA ZUID |
| NL00005 | NVWA ZUIDWEST’ |
the part concerning Austria is amended as follows:
the entry for the local unit ‘AT00602 BRUCK AN DER MUR’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘AT00602 | BRUCK-MÜRZZUSCHLAG’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘AT00604 FELDBACH’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘AT00604 | SÜDOSTSTEIERMARK’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘AT00608 HARTBERG’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘AT00608 | HARTBERG-FÜRSTENFELD’ |
the following entries for the regional unit ‘AT00600 STEIERMARK’ are deleted:
| ‘AT00605 | FÜRSTENFELD |
| AT00615 | MÜRZZUSCHLAG |
| AT00616 | RADKERSBURG’ |
in the part concerning the United Kingdom, the entry for the local unit ‘GB07104 LARNE’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘GB07104 | MALLUSK’ |