Considerations on COM(2004)441 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) 998/2003 to take account of the accession of Malta - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2004)441 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) 998/2003 to take account of the accession of Malta. |
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document | COM(2004)441 ![]() |
date | September 13, 2004 |
(2) | Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) establishes veterinary conditions applying in particular to non-commercial movements of pet dogs, cats and ferrets, and is one of these acts that must be adapted. |
(3) | Malta, which formerly applied a system of six months quarantine for imports for the species concerned, has abandoned this regime in order to transpose and implement Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 as from 3 July 2004. |
(4) | In the course of the negotiations for enlargement it was accepted that Malta, being an island with a similar health status for freedom from rabies to that of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Sweden, should be treated in the same category as these three Member States. |
(5) | Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 divides Member States into two categories according to the history of their controls against rabies, and grants Sweden, Ireland and the United Kingdom a transitional period of five years for controls on dogs, cats and ferrets entering their territory. |
(6) | Malta should therefore be added to the list of Member States which have been granted a transitional period under Regulation (EC) No 998/2003. |
(7) | Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly, |