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 organisation 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) Note (15) of the special remarks in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC refers to the validity of the provisional approval for the border inspection post at the port of Marseille Port until the conclusion of the works to upgrade those facilities to fully comply with the requirements laid down in Union legislation. That provisional approval was valid until 1 July 2012. France has informed the Commission that the works have been finalised and that the inspection centre Hangar 23 is operational since 1 July 2012. Note (15) of the special remarks in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be deleted and the entry concerning the border inspection post at Marseille Port should be amended accordingly. For the sake of legal certainty, those amendments should apply retroactively.
(3) Following communication from Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, 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) Germany has communicated that the border inspection post at Stuttgart airport should be deleted from the list of entries for that Member State. The list of entries for that Member State as set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) 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 Inspection centre ‘Laxe’ at the border inspection post at A Coruña-Laxe port, the border inspection post at the airports at Ciudad Real and Sevilla, the Inspection centre ‘Puerto Exterior’ at the border inspection post at Huelva and the Inspection centre ‘Protea Productos del Mar’ at the border inspection post at Marín port 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.
(6) Italy has communicated that the border inspection post at Ancona airport should be deleted from the list of entries for that Member State. 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 communication from Latvia, the temporary suspension of the border inspection post at Patarnieki should be lifted and 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 Germany and Italy, certain changes should be brought to the list of 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 amendments set out in points (1)(a) and 1(e)(ii) of the Annex shall apply from 1 July 2012.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2012.
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:
note (15) of the special remarks is deleted;
in the part concerning Denmark, the entry for the airport at Copenhagen is replaced by the following:
| ‘København | DK CPH 4 | A | Centre 1 | NHC(2) | |
| Centre 3 | U, E, O | ||||
| Centre 4 | HC(2)’ |
in the part concerning Germany, the entry for the airport at Stuttgart is deleted;
the part concerning Spain is amended as follows:
the entry for the port at A Coruña-Laxe is replaced by the following:
| ‘A Coruña-Laxe | ES LCG 1 | P | A Coruña | HC, NHC | |
| Laxe (*) | HC (*)’ |
the entry for the airport at Ciudad Real is replaced by the following:
| ‘Ciudad Real (*) | ES CQM 4 | A | HC(2) (*), NHC(2) (*)’ |
the entry for the port at Huelva is replaced by the following:
| ‘Huelva | ES HUV 1 | P | Puerto Interior | HC-T(FR)(2), HC-T(CH)(2) | |
| Puerto Exterior (*) | NHC-NT (*)’ |
the entry for the port at Marín is replaced by the following:
| ‘Marín | ES MAR 1 | P | HC, NHC-T(FR), NHC-NT | ||
| Protea Productos del Mar (*) | HC-T(FR)(3) (*)’ |
the entries for the airport and port at Sevilla are replaced by the following:
| ‘Sevilla (*) | ES SVQ 4 | A | HC(2) (*), NHC(2) (*) | O (*) | |
| Sevilla | ES SVQ 1 | P | HC(2), NHC(2)’ |
the entry for the port at Vigo is replaced by the following:
| ‘Vigo | ES VGO 1 | P | T.C. Guixar | HC, NHC-T(FR), NHC-NT | |
| Frioya | HC-T(FR)(2)(3) | ||||
| Frigalsa | HC-T(FR)(2)(3) | ||||
| Pescanova | HC-T(FR)(2)(3) | ||||
| Puerto Vieira | HC-T(FR)(2)(3) | ||||
| Fandicosta | HC-T(FR)(2)(3) | ||||
| Frig. Morrazo | HC-T(FR)(3)’ |
the entry for the port at Vilagarcía-Ribeira-Caramiñal is replaced by the following:
| ‘Vilagarcía-Ribeira-Caramiñal | ES RIB 1 | P | Vilagarcía | HC, NHC | |
| Ribeira | HC-T(FR)(3) | ||||
| Caramiñal | HC-T(FR)(3)’ |
the part concerning France is amended as follows:
the entry for the port at Le Havre is replaced by the following:
| ‘Le Havre | FR LEH 1 | P | Route des Marais | HC-T(1), HC-NT, NHC | |
| Dugrand | HC-T(FR)(1)(2) | ||||
| EFBS | HC-T(1)(2) | ||||
| Fécamp | HC-NT(6), NHC-NT(6)’ |
the entry for the port at Marseille Port is replaced by the following:
| ‘Marseille Port | FR MRS 1 | P | Hangar 14 | E | |
| Hangar 23 | HC-T(1)(2), HC-NT(2)’ |
the entry for the airport at Nice is replaced by the following:
| ‘Nice | FR NCE 4 | A | HC-T(CH)(1)(2), NHC-NT(2) | O(14)’ |
the part concerning Italy is amended as follows:
the entry for the airport at Ancona is deleted;
the entry for the airport at Roma-Fiumicino is replaced by the following:
| ‘Roma-Fiumicino | IT FCO 4 | A | Nuova Alitalia | HC(2), NHC-NT(2) | O(14) |
| FLE | HC(2), NHC(2) | ||||
| Isola Veterinaria ADR | U, E, O’ |
in the part concerning Latvia, the entry for the road at Paternieki is replaced by the following:
| ‘Patarnieki | LV PAT 3 | R | IC 1 | HC, NHC-T(CH), NHC-NT | |
| IC 2 | U, E, O’ |
in the part concerning Slovakia, the entry for the road at Vyšné Nemecké is replaced by the following:
| ‘Vyšné Nemecké | SK VYN 3 | R | IC 1 | HC, NHC | |
| IC 2 | U, E, O’ |
in the part concerning the United Kingdom, the entry for the port at Falmouth is replaced by the following:
| ‘Falmouth | GB FAL 1 | P | HC-T(1)(3), HC-NT(1)(3)’ |
Annex II is amended as follows:
the part concerning Germany is amended as follows:
the entry for the local unit ‘DE17413 ROSTOCK’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘DE17413 | ROSTOCK, LANDKREIS’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘DE16713 NORDWEST-MECKLENBURG’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘DE16713 | NORDWESTMECKLENBURG’ |
the part concerning Italy is amended as follows:
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00013 ABRUZZO’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00213 | LANCIANO-VASTO-CHIETI |
| IT00413 | AVEZZANO-SULMONA-L’AQUILA |
| IT00513 | PESCARA |
| IT00613 | TERAMO’ |
the following entries for the regional unit ‘IT00017 BASILICATA’ are deleted:
| ‘IT00317 | LAGONEGRO |
| IT00517 | MONTALBANO JONICO |
| IT00117 | VENOSA’ |
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00015 CAMPANIA’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00115 | AVELLINO |
| IT00315 | BENEVENTO |
| IT00415 | CASERTA |
| IT00615 | NAPOLI 1 CENTRO |
| IT00915 | NAPOLI 2 NORD |
| IT01015 | NAPOLI 3 SUD |
| IT01115 | SALERNO’ |
the following entries for the regional unit ‘IT00008 EMILIA-ROMAGNA’ are deleted:
| ‘IT00708 | BOLOGNA NORD |
| IT00508 | BOLOGNA SUD’ |
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00011 MARCHE’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT0711 | A.S.U.R. ANCONA’ |
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00014 MOLISE’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00314 | A.S.R.E.M.’ |
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00016 PUGLIA’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00116 | BAT |
| IT00216 | BA |
| IT00616 | BR |
| IT00716 | FG |
| IT01016 | LE |
| IT01216 | TA’ |
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00019 SICILIA’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00119 | ASP — AGRIGENTO |
| IT00219 | ASP — CALTANISETTA |
| IT00319 | ASP — CATANIA |
| IT00419 | ASP — ENNA |
| IT00519 | ASP — MESSINA |
| IT00619 | ASP — PALERMO |
| IT00719 | ASP — RAGUSA |
| IT00819 | ASP — SIRACUSA |
| IT00919 | ASP — TRAPANI’ |
the entries for the regional unit ‘IT00004 TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE’ are replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00141 | A.S. DELLA P.A. DI BOLZANO |
| IT00542 | TRENTO’ |
the following entry for the regional unit ‘IT00010 UMBRIA’ is deleted:
| ‘IT00510 | TERNI’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘IT00102 VALLE D’AOSTA’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00102 | AOSTA’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘IT01505 ALTA PADOVANA’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘IT01505 | CITTADELLA’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘IT01705 CONSELVE’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘IT01705 | ESTE MONSELICE MONTAGNANA’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘IT00305 MAROSTICA’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘IT00305 | BASSANO DEL GRAPPA’ |
the entry for the local unit ‘IT02205 VILLAFRANCA’ is replaced by the following:
| ‘IT02205 | BUSSOLENGO’ |