
Article 1 
Without prejudice to the second paragraph of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, Member States shall allow entry into their territory until 1 October 2004 of pet animals of the species listed in Annex I to that Regulation in conformity with national rules which were in force before 3 July 2004.
Article 2 
In Article 1, first paragraph, point (a), of Decision 2004/301/EC, the date ‘3 July 2004’ is replaced by the date ‘1 October 2004’.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 July 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission