
Article 1 
Member States shall authorise the importation of dogs, cats and ferrets for trade as provided for by Article 16 of Directive 92/65/EEC subject to the following requirements:

((a)) they come from third countries listed in: Annex II to Decision 79/542/EEC or listed in Section 2 of Part B and Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003;
((b)) they are accompanied by a certificate in accordance with the model set out in the Annex to this Decision.
That certificate shall be required for entries from any third country as referred to in point (a) of the first paragraph into a Member State other than Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom and from any third country listed in Section 2 of Part B and Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 for entries into Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Article 2 
Decision 94/273/EC is repealed.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 12 October 2004.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 July 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annex as referred to in Article 1 of this Decision.


