Commission Implementing Decision

of 20 March 2014

repealing lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of certain products of animal origin adopted on the basis of Council Decision 95/408/EC

(notified under document C(2014) 1742)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2014/160/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption1, and, in particular, Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council2 amended Council Decision 95/408/EC3 and provided that provisional lists of third countries and third country establishments drawn up in accordance with Decision 95/408/EC should continue to apply mutatis mutandis, pending the adoption of the necessary provisions on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council4, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 or Council Directive 2002/99/EC6. The Decision was applicable until the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, namely, 1 January 2006.
(2)

Lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of certain products of animal origin which were adopted on the basis of Decision 95/408/EC still continue to exist.

(3)
Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 lays down the procedure for drawing up and updating the list of establishments from which imports of certain products of animal origin are authorised. Based on the provisions of this Article, in particular, paragraph 5, which states that the Commission shall arrange for up-to-date versions of all lists drawn up or updated to be available to the public, the lists of establishments from which Member States authorise imports of certain products of animal origin for human consumption are published on the European Commission’s website7.
(4)

In the interest of clarity of Union legislation, and in view of the drawing up of lists of third country establishments from which imports of certain products of animal origin are permitted, former lists adopted on the basis of Decision 95/408/EC became obsolete and it is thus necessary to formally repeal them for reasons of legal certainty.

(5)

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:

Article 1

The Commission Decisions listed in the Annex are hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2014.

For the Commission

Tonio Borg

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Commission Decision 81/91/EEC8
Commission Decision 81/92/EEC9
Commission Decision 81/713/EEC10
Commission Decision 82/913/EEC11
Commission Decision 83/384/EEC12
Commission Decision 83/402/EEC13
Commission Decision 83/423/EEC14
Commission Decision 84/24/EEC15
Commission Decision 85/539/EEC16
Commission Decision 86/65/EEC17
Commission Decision 86/414/EEC18
Commission Decision 86/473/EEC19
Commission Decision 87/119/EEC20
Commission Decision 87/124/EEC21
Commission Decision 87/257/EEC22
Commission Decision 87/258/EEC23
Commission Decision 87/424/EEC24
Commission Decision C(89) 168625
Commission Decision 90/165/EEC26
Commission Decision 90/432/EEC27
Commission Decision 93/26/EEC28
Commission Decision 94/40/EC29
Commission Decision 94/465/EC30
Commission Decision 95/45/EC31
Commission Decision 95/427/EC32
Commission Decision C(95) 289933
Commission Decision 97/4/EC34
Commission Decision 97/252/EC35
Commission Decision 97/365/EC36
Commission Decision 97/467/EC37
Commission Decision 97/468/EC38
Commission Decision 97/569/EC39
Commission Decision 98/8/EC40
Commission Decision 98/10/EC41
Commission Decision 1999/120/EC42
Commission Decision 1999/710/EC43
Commission Decision 2001/556/EC44
Commission Decision 2002/987/EC45
Commission Decision 2003/689EC46
Commission Decision 2004/229/EC47
Commission Decision 2004/628/EC48