11.5.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 11785 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 30 April 2010 amending Decisions 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC, 93/197/EEC and 2004/211/EC as regards the importation of registered horses from certain parts of China and adapting certain third country denominations (notified under document C(2010) 2635) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/266/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae (1), and in particular Article 12(1) and (4), Article 15(a), Article 16(2) and the intro- ductory phrase and Article 19(i) and (i) thereof, Whereas: Commission Decision 92/260/EEC of 10 April 1992 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for temporary admission of registered horses (?) assigns third countries, from which the temporary admission into the Union of registered horses is authorised, to sanitary groups of countries for the application of specific animal health and certification requirements. Commission Decision 93/195/EEC of 2 February 1993 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the re-entry of registered horses for racing, competition and cultural events after temporary export (°) assigns third countries from which the re- entry of such horses into the Union is authorised to sanitary groups for the application of specific animal health requirements and provides model animal health certificates to be used for registered horses that have participated in specific equestrian events. Commission Decision 93/197/EEC of 5 February 1993 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42. 0] L 0J L 130, 15.5.1992, p. 67. 0J L 86, 6.4.1993, p. 1. ( ( ( Y ’) %) for imports of registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production (*) assigns third countries, from which the imports of such equidae into the Union is authorised, to sanitary groups for the appli- cation of specific animal health and certification requirements. Commission Decision 2004/211/EC of 6 January 2004 establishing the list of third countries and parts of territory thereof from which Member States authorise imports of live equidae and semen, ova and embryos of the equine species (°) establishes a list of third countries, or parts thereof, from which Member States authorise, amongst others, the temporary admission of registered horses, the re-entry of registered horses after temporary export for racing, competition and cultural events and the import of registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production. That list, set out in Annex I to that Decision, also assigns those third countries and parts thereof to certain specified sanitary groups. Decisions 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC and 93/197/EEC take into account regionalisation as provided for in Commission Decision 92/160/EEC (°). That Decision was repealed by Decision 2004/211/EC. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend Annex I to those three Decisions on the basis of regionalisation as now provided for in Decision 2004/211[EC, as well as the sanitary groups laid in that Decision. In order to host the equestrian events of the 16th Asian Games, the competent authorities of China have requested the recognition of an equine disease-free zone which they have established in the administrative district of Conghua City, Guangzhou Municipality, Guangdong Province in China. In January 2010, the Commission carried out a veterinary inspection in China, including the equine disease free zone, which consists of a core zone, which is embedded in a 86, 6.4.1993, p. 16. oJ L 0] L 73, 11.3.2004, p. 1. oJ L 71, 18.3.1992, p. 27.