{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-359/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/359",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2014 of 9 April 2014 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 as regards the list of countries referred to in Article 9 thereof (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-359",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2014\nof 9 April 2014\namending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 as regards the list of countries referred to in Article 9 thereof\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries, and in particular Article 19(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 97/78/EC lays down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Union from third countries.\n(2)\nArticle 19(1) of that Directive provides that the Commission is to draw up a list of plant products which will be subjected to border veterinary checks and a list of the third countries which may be authorised to export those plant products to the Union.\n(3)\nAccordingly Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 lists hay and straw as plant products subject to border veterinary checks while Part I of Annex V to that Regulation lists the countries from which Member States are authorised to import hay and straw.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 136/2004 was adopted before the entry into force of the 2003 Treaty of Accession. Part II of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 contains a list of acceding States which was relevant until 30 April 2004. It is therefore no longer necessary to maintain neither Part II of Annex V nor the separation of Annex V in two parts.\n(5)\nFor the sake of clarity, the country ISO codes should be added in Annex V.\n(6)\nSerbia has recently requested the authorisation to export hay and straw to the Union.\n(7)\nCommission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 lists Serbia as a country from which consignments of fresh meat of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and of domestic solipeds may be imported into the Union.\n(8)\nAlthough live ungulates from Serbia are not allowed to be introduced into the Union, hay and straw can be allowed for introduction, as the animal health situation in Serbia does not present a risk of spreading infectious or contagious animal diseases through these plant products, which might have been in contact with live animals.\n(9)\nRegulation (EC) No 136/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(10)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 of 22 January 2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries (OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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