19.7.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 196/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 685/2013 of 15 July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 on a regime under Article 2 of Protocol 10 to the Act of Accession as regards goods which are taken out of the areas under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and taken back into those areas after passing through the areas not under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to Protocol No 10 on Cyprus (') to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 2 thereof, referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 866/2004, after passing through the areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control. (4)  In order to ensure that the goods transported are Union ) o goods, within the meaning of point (18) of Article 4 of Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Regulation (EC) No 450/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernised Whereas: Customs Code) (), that the goods taken back into the : areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control were taken out of those areas and that a high level of protection of (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 (2) lays down human and. gg1mal health is maintained, in so .far as special rules concerning goods, services and persons th.e responsibility for checks.a.t the crossing points is crossing the line between the areas of the Republic of with th‘e_ competent authorities of the Republ1c .Of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, it is necessary to r§gulate the way mn which Cyprus does not exercise effective control and those those checks are to be carnfed out, which documents areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the are to be presented and the time span allowed betwee:n Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises the. moment the goods are taken out of the areas in effective control. which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control, and the moment they are taken back into those areas. (2)  Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 provides a list of approved crossing points between the areas in which ) o the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not (5)  Strict criteria should be foreseen for the movement of exercise effective control and those areas in which the goods provided for in this Regulation in order to ensure Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective a hlgh level of protection of human and annngl heath. In control. Over the years, the number of approved crossing particular, to tha.t .end, the movement of live an1mals points has increased, resulting in a rising number of should be prohibited and the movement of animal crossings. products should be submitted to clear rules, including the requirement that the movement through the areas, subject to a certain margin of flexibility, should be limited to the time necessary for the transportation (3)  In order to ease the life of citizens living in remote areas distance concerned. of Cyprus, it is necessary to regulate the movement of goods taken out of the areas under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and taken back into those areas through the crossing points (6)  Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 should therefore be () ) 0] 0] L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 955. L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 128. amended accordingly, () O] L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 1.