Just recieved the email below from a colleague at the European Commission, who deals with the applications. It looks as if the application from Qatar was never sent to them!

Any ideas? Does anyone have a copy of the application and paperwork?

from [email protected]
sender timeSent at 10:52 (GMT+02:00).
Current time there: 11:27. ✆

date24 June 2009 10:52
subject RE: Pet Passport
mailed-byec.europa.eu

Dear Sharon,

As far as I know I never received any application from the competent authorities of Qatar to be listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.

I was contacted in October 2006 to get information on how to list Qatar but I can say from whom it came from. I have also in my records emails from 2004 requesting the same information.

The application must come from the competent authorities of Qatar. It is therefore important to convince them to produce such document in accordance with Article 10 of the Regulation (enclosed).

I can help them if they need more explanations.
Best regards.

Hélène KLEIN
European Commission
DG SANCO D1
Froissart 101, 3/66
1049 BRUSSELS
Tel. +32 2 298 09 74
Fax: +32 2 295 31 44
email: [email protected]

website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/index_en.htm

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