2002/636/EC: Commission Decision of 31 July 2002 on the temporary admission of horses participating in the World Equestrian Games in Spain in 2002 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2884)

• Articles: 2

Article 1

By way of derogation from Decision 92/260/EEC, Member States shall authorise the temporary admission of uncastrated male registered horses for the purpose of participation in the World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, without requiring the guarantees provided for in that Decision as regards equine viral arteritis provided that each horse is accompanied by an animal health certificate in accordance with the Group in Annex II to Decision 92/260/EEC corresponding to the third country of dispatch in which:

1. Section III(e)(v) relating to equine viral arteritis is deleted by the official veterinarian who signs the certificate;

2. the following words are added: "Registered horse in accordance with Commission Decision 2002/636/EC on the temporary admission of horses participating in the World Equestrian Games in Spain in 2002";

3. the following is added to the declaration and signed by the owner or representative of the owner of the horse: "The horse covered by this certificate will not be used for breeding or for the collection of semen during its residence in a Member State of the European Union.

Arrangements have been made to transport the horse out of the European Union without delay after the World Equestrian Games have finished."

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.

(2) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 37.

(3) OJ L 130, 15.5.1992, p. 67.

(4) OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 41.