
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1219/2014 of 13 November 2014 amending Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 as regards the list of territories and third countries (Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, and in particular Article 13(1) and (2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) By Commission Regulation (EU) No 1160/2014, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was included in the list set out in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(2) Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 repealing and replacing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 with effect from 29 December 2014, the countries and territories listed in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 are listed from that date in Part 2 of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013. 

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should therefore be included in the list set out in Part 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013.

(3) For reasons of clarity and to take account of the provisions of Treaty of Accession of Croatia and of European Council Decision 2012/419/EU, it is appropriate to amend Parts 1 and 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 and to replace Annex II thereto in its entirety.

(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 December 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 November 2014.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX


‘ANNEX II List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 

PART 1
List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

ISO code Territory or third country
AD Andorra
CH Switzerland
FO Faroe Islands
GI Gibraltar
GL Greenland
IS Iceland
LI Liechtenstein
MC Monaco
NO Norway
SM San Marino
VA Vatican City State

PART 2
List of territories and third countries referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

ISO code Territory or third country Included territories
AC Ascension Island 
AE United Arab Emirates 
AG Antigua and Barbuda 
AR Argentina 
AU Australia 
AW Aruba 
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 
BB Barbados 
BH Bahrain 
BM Bermuda 
BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the BES Islands) 
BY Belarus 
CA Canada 
CL Chile 
CW Curaçao 
FJ Fiji 
FK Falkland Islands 
HK Hong Kong 
JM Jamaica 
JP Japan 
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 
KY Cayman Islands 
LC Saint Lucia 
MS Montserrat 
MK The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
MU Mauritius 
MX Mexico 
MY Malaysia 
NC New Caledonia 
NZ New Zealand 
PF French Polynesia 
PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon 
RU Russia 
SG Singapore 
SH Saint Helena 
SX Sint Maarten 
TT Trinidad and Tobago 
TW Taiwan 
US United States of America AS — American SamoaGU — GuamMP — Northern Mariana IslandsPR — Puerto RicoVI — US Virgin Islands’
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
VG British Virgin Islands 
VU Vanuatu 
WF Wallis and Futuna 

