Commission Decision of 28 September 2009 drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces (notified under document C(2009) 7030) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/821/EC)Text with EEA relevance

• Published date: 28 October 2011
• Official Gazette Publication: Journal officiel de l’Union européenne, L 296, 12 novembre 2009,Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea, L 296, 12 de noviembre de 2009,Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea, L 296, 12 novembre 2009

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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 28 September 2009 drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces (notified under document C(2009) 7030) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/821/EC) (OJ L 296 12.11.2009, p. 1)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	COMMISSION DECISION 2009/822/EC of 15 October 2009	L 296	59	12.11.2009
►M2	COMMISSION DECISION 2009/870/EC of 27 November 2009	L 315	11	2.12.2009
►M3	COMMISSION DECISION 2010/277/EU of 12 May 2010	L 121	16	18.5.2010
►M4	COMMISSION DECISION 2010/617/EU of 14 October 2010	L 271	8	15.10.2010
►M5	COMMISSION DECISION 2011/93/EU of 10 February 2011	L 37	25	11.2.2011
►M6	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/394/EU of 1 July 2011	L 176	45	5.7.2011
►M7	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/707/EU of 26 October 2011	L 281	29	28.10.2011
►M8	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/197/EU of 16 April 2012	L 106	22	18.4.2012
►M9	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/450/EU of 27 July 2012	L 203	68	31.7.2012
►M10	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/762/EU of 6 December 2012	L 336	94	8.12.2012
►M11	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2013/235/EU of 23 May 2013	L 139	29	25.5.2013
►M12	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013	L 158	74	10.6.2013
►M13	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2013/290/EU of 14 June 2013	L 164	22	18.6.2013
►M14	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2013/491/EU of 7 October 2013	L 267	3	9.10.2013
►M15	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/187/EU of 3 April 2014	L 102	13	5.4.2014
►M16	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/704/EU of 8 October 2014	L 294	46	10.10.2014
►M17	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/919 Text with EEA relevance of 12 June 2015	L 149	15	16.6.2015
►M18	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/1997 Text with EEA relevance of 5 November 2015	L 291	6	7.11.2015
►M19	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/685 Text with EEA relevance of 29 April 2016	L 117	32	3.5.2016
►M20	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1917 Text with EEA relevance of 27 October 2016	L 296	17	1.11.2016
►M21	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/800 Text with EEA relevance of 8 May 2017	L 120	22	11.5.2017
►M22	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/313 Text with EEA relevance of 28 February 2018	L 60	40	2.3.2018
►M23	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/719 Text with EEA relevance of 14 May 2018	L 120	15	16.5.2018
►M24	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/14 Text with EEA relevance of 3 January 2019	L 3	3	7.1.2019
►M25	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/1678 Text with EEA relevance of 4 October 2019	L 257	21	8.10.2019

Corrected by:

►C1	Corrigendum, OJ L 053, 26.2.2011, p. 74 (2009/870/EC)
►C2	Corrigendum, OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 27 (2018/719)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 September 2009

drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces

(notified under document C(2009) 7030)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/821/EC)

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1. This Decision lays down:

(a) the list of border inspection posts approved in accordance with Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC;

(b) detailed rules for the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts at border inspection posts and at certain other points of entry into the Community;

(c) the list of veterinary units in Traces.

2. This Decision applies without prejudice to Decision 98/139/EC.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions apply:

(a) ‘Traces’ means the integrated computerised veterinary system set up in accordance with Decision 2003/24/EC;

(b) ‘veterinary unit’ means:

(i) ‘central unit’: the competent central authority of a Member State, designated as such for the purposes of Traces;

(ii) ‘regional unit’: any regional authority of a Member State designated as such for the purposes of Traces;

(iii) ‘local unit’: any local authority of a Member State designated as such for the purposes of Traces;

(iv) the border inspection posts listed in Annex I.

Article 3

List of border inspection posts

Veterinary checks on consignments of animals and products introduced into the Community from third countries shall be carried out at the border inspection posts listed in Annex I.

Article 4

Inspections at border inspection posts

1. The Commission shall carry out regular inspections at the border inspection posts listed in Annex I.

Those inspections shall be carried out by Commission veterinary experts together with experts from the Member State concerned.

2. The experts carrying out the inspections referred to in paragraph 1 shall:

(a) assess the possible risks to animal and public health in the Community which may exist at the border inspection posts concerned;

(b) verify compliance with Community rules on veterinary checks at the border inspection posts concerned, in particular as regards the infrastructure, equipment and procedures in place.

Article 5

Inspections at other points of entry into the Community

The Commission, after consultation with the Member State concerned, may also carry out inspections concerning controls at other points of entry into the Community than at border inspection posts, on:

(a) pet animals, as defined in Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003;

(b) personal consignments of products of animal origin of a non-commercial character, within the meaning of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 206/2009;

(c) other types of consignments of live animals or products of animal origin than those referred to in points (a) and (b) to verify that no such consignments have been introduced into EU territory without having been subjected to the veterinary checks foreseen in Article 3 of Directive 91/496/EEC and Article 3 of Directive 97/78/EC.

Article 6

Components of Traces

1. Traces shall comprise all veterinary units.

2. Member States shall designate a veterinary unit only if that unit has the adequate equipment to make it compatible with the functioning of Traces.

3. Member States shall ensure that all parts of their territory fall within the responsibility of a local unit and, where appropriate, of a regional unit.

Article 7

List of central, regional and local units in Traces

The list of central units, regional units and local units, with their corresponding Traces identification codes, is set out in Annex II.

Article 8

Repeals

Decisions 91/398/EEC, 2001/881/EC and 2002/459/EC are repealed.

References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 9

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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ANNEX I

LIST OF BORDER INSPECTION POSTS

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ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ – PRIEDAS – PŘÍLOHA – MELLÉKLET – BILAG – ANNESS – ANHANG – BIJLAGE – LISA – ZAŁĄCZNIK – ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ – ANEXO – ANNEX – ANEXĂ – ANEXO – PRÍLOHA – ANNEXE – ►M12 PRILOG – ◄ PRILOGA – ALLEGATO – LIITE – PIELIKUMS – BILAGA

СПИСЪК НА ОДОБРЕНИТЕ ГРАНИЧНИ ИНСПЕКЦИОННИ ПУНКТОВЕ – SUTARTŲ PASIENIO VETERINARIJOS POSTŲ SĄRAŠAS – SEZNAM SCHVÁLENÝCH STANOVIŠŤ HRANIČNÍCH KONTROL – A MEGÁLLAPODÁS SZERINTI HATÁRELLENŐRZŐ PONTOK – LISTE OVER GODKENDTE GRÆNSEKONTOLSTEDER – LISTA TA' POSTIJIET MIFTIEHMA GĦAL SPEZZJONIJIET TA' FRUNTIERA – VERZEICHNIS DER ZUGELASSENEN GRENZKONTROLLSTELLEN – LIJST VAN DE ERKENDE GRENSINSPECTIEPOSTEN – KOKKULEPITUD PIIRIKONTROLLIPUNKTIDE NIMEKIRI – WYKAZ UZGODNIONYCH PUNKTÓW KONTROLI GRANICZNEJ – ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΓΚΕΚΡΙΜΕΝΩΝ ΜΕΘΟΡΙΑΚΩΝ ΣΤΑΘΜΩΝ ΕΠIΘΕΩΡΗΣΗΣ – LISTA DOS POSTOS DE INSPECÇÃO APROVADOS – LIST OF AGREED BORDER INSPECTION POSTS – LISTA POSTURILOR DE INSPECȚIE LA FRONTIERĂ APROBATE – LISTA DE PUESTOS DE INSPECCIÓN FRONTERIZOS AUTORIZADOS – ZOZNAM SCHVÁLENÝCH HRANIČNÝCH INŠPEKČNÝCH STANÍC – LISTES DES POSTES D'INSPECTION FRONTALIERS AGRÉÉS – ►M12 POPIS ODOBRENIH GRANIČNIH INSPEKCIJSKIH POSTAJA – ◄ SEZNAM DOGOVORJENIH MEJNIH KONTROLNIH TOČK – ELENCO DEI POSTI DI ISPEZIONE FRONTALIERI RICONOSCIUTI – LUETTELO HYVÄKSYTYISTÄ RAJATARKASTUSASEMISTA – APSTIPRINĀTO ROBEŽKONTROLES PUNKTU SARAKSTS – FÖRTECKNING ÖVER GODKÄNDA GRÄNSKONTROLLSTATIONER

1 = Име – Název – Navn – Name – Nimi – Ονομασία – Name – Nombre – Nom – ►M12 Naziv – ◄ Nome – Vārds – Pavadinimas – Név – Isem – Naam – Nazwa – Nome – Denumire – Názov – Ime – Nimi – Namn

2 = Код Traces – TRACES kód – Traces–Kode – TRACES-Code – TRACESi kood – Κωδικός Traces – Traces code – Código Traces – Code Traces – ►M12 Kod TRACES – ◄ Codice Traces – Traces kods – TRACES kodas – TRACES–kód – Kodiċi-Traces – Traces-code – Kod Traces – Código Traces – Cod-Traces – Kód Traces – Traces-koda – Traces-koodi – Traces-kod

3 = Тип – Typ – Type – Art – Tüüp – Φύση – Type – Tipo – Type – ►M12 Tip – ◄ Tipo – Tips – Tipas – Típus – Tip – Type – Rodzaj punktu – Tipo – Tip – Typ – Tip – Tyyppi – Typ A = Летище –

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