Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1153 of 12 June 2023 amending Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entry for China in the list of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain equine animals (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1153
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Part 1, in the entry for China, the following zone CN-3 is added after the zone CN-2:

‘ CN

China

CN-3

G

Registered horses

EQUI-RE-ENTRY-30,

EQUI-RE-ENTRY-90-COMP

13.11.2023

15.9.2023’

(2)

in Part 2, in the entry for China, the following description of the zone CN-3 is added after the zone CN-2:

‘China

CN-3

The 19th Asian Games equine disease-free zone established in the part of Yaolin town north of the Fenshui River in the north-western part of Tonglu County, Fuyang District, Hangzhou Municipality, Zhejiang Province, and including the Biosecurity Highway Passage (see details below):

Core zone:

The area of 1 300 km 2 in the north-western part of Tonglu County comprising the Tonglu Equestrian Center (29°54′40.66″N, 119°32′15.33″E) in the part of Yaolin town north of Fenshui River (a contributor to the Fuchun River) with the following delimitation:

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Western boundary:

Chun’an County,

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Northern boundary:

Lin’an District,

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Eastern boundary:

Fuyang District,

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South-eastern boundary:

Fuchun River in Fuchunjiang Town, Tonglu County South Street, Fengchuan Street,

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South-western boundary:

Jiande City.

Protection zone:

The area of 12 300 km 2 surrounding the core zone with the following delimitation:

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the districts of Fuyang and Lin’an to the north and the Chun’an County and the City of Jiande to the south;

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the part of Tonglu County east of Fuchun River, including the Chengnan and Fengchuan Subdistricts, Jiangnan Town, Xinhe Township and the part of Fuchunjiang Town east of the Fuchun River.

Biosecurity Highway Passage:

Highway network connecting the equine disease-free zone with the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (including Airport Expressway, Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway, Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, Caihong Expressway, G25 Hangzhou Xinjing Expressway) and areas within 1 km on both sides of those highways.’