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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-855/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/855",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 24 August 2006 amending Decision 2003/56/EC on health certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand (notified under document number C(2006) 3708) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/854/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-855",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 24 August 2006\namending Decision 2003/56/EC on health certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand\n(notified under document number C(2006) 3708)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2006/854/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products, and in particular Article 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (the Agreement) provided for the possibility of recognising the equivalence of the New Zealand control and certification systems for fresh meat and meat based products and for other animal products.\n(2)\nCommission Decision 2003/56/EC lays down the certification requirements and provides models for official health certificates to be used for the importation from New Zealand of live animals and animal products. In cases where full equivalence of sanitary measures has been determined, simplified certificates may be used, models for which are set out in Annexes II to V to that Decision.\n(3)\nAccount should be taken of recent acknowledgements of equivalence of the disease status and of sanitary measures for trade in live honey bees and bumble bees. Simplified veterinary certification was agreed for this category. An appropriate model certificate should be set out.\n(4)\nOther certification provisions need to be updated to take account of the changes in relevant Community legislation.\n(5)\nDecision 2003/56/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p. 4. Decision as last amended by Decision 1999/837/EC (OJ L 332, 23.12.1999, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 38. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/784/EC (OJ L 346, 23.11.2004, p. 11)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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