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14.10.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
269/37
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 13 October 2011
amending Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC as regards the entry for Mexico in the list of third
countries and parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of live equidae and semen,
ova and embryos of the equine species are authorised
(notified under document C(2011) 7168)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/686/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
imports of live equidae and semen, ova and embryos of
the equine species, and amending Decisions 93/195/EEC
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
and 94/63/EC ( 3 ) establishes a list of third countries, or
Union,
parts thereof where regionalisation applies, from which
Member States authorise the importation of equidae and
semen, ova and embryos thereof, and indicates the other
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992
conditions applicable to such imports. That list is set out
laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and
in Annex I to that Decision. Mexico, with the exception
imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and
of the States of Chiapas and Oaxaca, is currently listed in
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down
that Annex.
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to
Directive 90/425/EEC ( 1 ), and in particular Article 17(3)(a)
thereof,
(4) On
19
August
2011,
Mexico
notified
the
World
Organi
sation for Animal Health (OIE) of the confirmation of
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/156/EC of
two cases of VEE in horses in the States of Tabasco and
30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing
Veracruz, which are caused by a virus of the same
the movement and importation from third countries of
subtype IE that was observed in the neighbouring
equidae (
States of Chiapas and Oaxaca.

2 ), and in particular the first and second subparagraphs
of Article 12(1), Article 12(4) and the introductory phrase and
points (a) and (b) of Article 19 thereof,
(5) The
introduction
into
the
Union
of
any
equidae
and
of
semen, ova and embryos of animals of the equine species
Whereas:
should therefore no longer be authorised from the States
of Tabasco and Veracruz in Mexico. Therefore, those
States should be deleted from Annex I to Decision
(1) Directive
92/65/EEC
lays
down
conditions
applicable
to
2004/211/EC.
imports into the Union of, amongst others, semen, ova
and embryos of the equine species. Those conditions are
to be at least equivalent to those applicable to trade
(6) Decision
2004/211/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
between Member States.
accordingly.
(2) Directive
2009/156/EC
lays
down
animal
health (7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
conditions for the importation into the Union of live
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
equidae. It provides that imports of equidae into the
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Union must come from third countries or parts of the
territory thereof in which Venezuelan equine encephalo
myelitis (VEE) is a compulsory notifiable disease and
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
which have been free from VEE for 2 years.
Article 1
(3) Commission
Decision
2004/211/EC
of
6
January
2004
establishing the list of third countries and parts of
The entry for Mexico in Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC is
territory thereof from which Member States authorise
replaced by the following:
‘MX Mexico MX-0 Whole
country
— — — — — — — — —
MX-1 The
whole
country
except
the D
X
X
X
—
X
X
X
X X’
States of Chiapas, Oaxaca,
Tabasco and Veracruz
( 1 ) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.
( 2 ) OJ L 192, 23.7.2010, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 73, 11.3.2004, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
14.10.2011
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission

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