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 998/20031, and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,
Whereas:
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.
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.
Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/20132 sets out the list of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.
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.
Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.
As the transitional period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021.
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
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
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
PART 2List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
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 Kingdom3
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
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.