Recital 1

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(1)Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ² amended Council Decision 95/408/EC ³ and provided that provisional lists of third countries and third country establishments drawn up in accordance with Decision 95/408/EC should continue to apply mutatis mutandis , pending the adoption of the necessary provisions on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁴ , Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁵ , Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 or Council Directive 2002/99/EC ⁶ . The Decision was applicable until the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, namely, 1 January 2006.

2 Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 repealing certain directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC ( OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33 ). ↩
3 Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorized to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs ( OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17 ). ↩
5 Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ( OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55 ). ↩
4 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs ( OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ). ↩
6 Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption ( OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11 ). ↩