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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2016

of 9 December 2020

amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the entries for the United Kingdom, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey

(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 998/2003(1), and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State. In particular, Article 13 of that Regulation provides that the Commission is to adopt two lists of territories and third countries from which the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I thereto, namely dogs, cats and ferrets, may be moved for non-commercial purposes into a Member State.

(2) The conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals into a Member State vary depending on the situation of the territory or the third country of origin. Taking into account their particular situation, the third countries or territories may be listed in accordance with Article 13(1) or (2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.

(3) Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013(2) sets out the list of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.

(4) In view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom has submitted an application to the Commission to be listed, together with the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey, in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013. The Commission has assessed that application and verified that, as regards the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, the United Kingdom, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey fulfil the criteria laid down in in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, and accordingly should be listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.

(5) Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) As the transitional period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.

(7) 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 1 U.K.

Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen

ANNEX U.K.

‘PART 2 U.K. List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

a In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.’
ISO code	Territory or third country	Included territories
AC	Ascension Island
AE	United Arab Emirates
AG	Antigua and Barbuda
AR	Argentina
AU	Australia
AW	Aruba
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB	Barbados
BH	Bahrain
BM	Bermuda
BQ	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the BES Islands)
BY	Belarus
CA	Canada
CL	Chile
CW	Curaçao
FJ	Fiji
FK	Falkland Islands
GB	United Kingdoma
GG	Guernsey
HK	Hong Kong
IM	Isle of Man
JM	Jamaica
JP	Japan
JE	Jersey
KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis
KY	Cayman Islands
LC	Saint Lucia
MS	Montserrat
MK	North Macedonia
MU	Mauritius
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
NC	New Caledonia
NZ	New Zealand
PF	French Polynesia
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon
RU	Russia
SG	Singapore
SH	Saint Helena
SX	Sint Maarten
TT	Trinidad and Tobago
TW	Taiwan
US	United States of America	AS – American Samoa GU – Guam MP – Northern Mariana Islands PR – Puerto Rico VI – US Virgin Islands
VC	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VG	British Virgin Islands
VU	Vanuatu
WF	Wallis and Futuna

(1)

OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1.

(2)

Commission 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).