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,
Whereas:
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.
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.
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The Commission Decisions listed in the Annex are hereby repealed.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