Legal provisions of COM(2007)572 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet animals as regards the extension of the transitional period - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2007)572 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet ... |
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| document | COM(2007)572  |
| date | May 21, 2008 |
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
| 1. | in Article 6(1), the introductory phrase shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. Until 30 June 2010, the entry of the pet animals listed in Part A of Annex I into the territory of Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom shall be subject to the following requirements:’; |
| 2. | in Article 16, the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following: ‘Until 30 June 2010, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as regards echinococcosis, and Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom, as regards ticks, may make the entry of pet animals into their territory subject to compliance with the special rules in place on the date on which this Regulation comes into force.’; |
| 3. | in Article 23, the date ‘1 January 2008’ shall be replaced by the date ‘1 July 2010’. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.