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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of2September1992
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for importation of bovine
embryosfromthirdcountries
(92/471/EEC)
(OJ L 270, 15.9.1992, p. 27)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 94/280/EC of 28 April 1994 L 120 52 11.5.1994
►M2Commission Decision 94/453/EC of 29 June 1994 L 187 11 22.7.1994
►M3Commission Decision 96/572/EC of 24 September 1996 L 250 20 2.10.1996
►M4Commission Decision 2004/52/EC of 9 January 2004 L 10 67 16.1.2004
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
▼B
COMMISSIONDECISION
of2September1992
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification
forimportationofbovineembryosfromthirdcountries
(92/471/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989
on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and
importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of
the bovine species (1), as amended by Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in
particular Articles 9 and 10 thereof,
Whereas the list of third countries from which Member States are
permitted to import bovine embryos has been established by Commis-
sion Decision 91/270/EEC (3);
Whereas Commission Decision 92/452/EEC (4) establishes the list of
embryo collection teams for certain third countries; whereas Decision92/452/EEC will be completed in due course withnew information
for other third countries;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down the animal health conditions and
veterinary certification required for imports of bovine embryos fromthird countries;
Whereas the competent authorities of the third country in which the
embryos intended for export to the Community were collected haveundertaken to ensure that such embryos have been collected andprocessed by approved and supervised embryo collection teams, that
they have been obtained from animals of satisfactory health status,
that they have been stored and transported in accordance with the ruleswhich preserve their health status and are accompanied during transportby an animal health certificate in order to ensure that this obligationhas been fulfilled;
Whereas the competent veterinary authorities of the third countries on
the list have undertaken to notify the Commission and the MemberStates by telex or telefax within 24 hours of the confirmation of theoccurrence of any of the following diseases: rinderpest, foot-and-mouthdisease, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, bluetongue, epizootic
haemorrhagic disease, Rift Valley fever and contagious vesicular
stomatitis or the adoption of vaccination against them;
Whereas the animal health situation in the third countries on the list is
satisfactory from the point of view of import of bovine embryos;
whereas the veterinary services in these countries are well-structured
and organized;
Whereas the animal health certificate is adapted to cater for the animal
health situation in individual third countries;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,1992D0471 — EN — 19.01.2004 — 005.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1989, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 29.
(3) OJ No L 134, 29. 5. 1991, p. 56.
(4) OJ No L 250, 29. 8. 1992, p. 40.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Member States shall authorize the importation of bovine embryos
conforming to the guarantees laid down in the animal health certificatein accordance withAnnex A, Part I. Th is certificate must accompany
consignments of embryos coming from third countries or parts of third
countries listed in Annex A, Part II.
2. Member States shall authorize the importation of bovine embryos
conforming to the guarantees laid down in the animal health certificatein accordance withAnnex B, Part I. Th is certificate must accompanyconsignments of embryos coming from third countries or parts of thirdcountries listed in Annex B, Part II.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1992D0471 — EN — 19.01.2004 — 005.001 — 3
▼M1
ANNEX A
PARTI
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▼M1
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PARTII
Listofcountriesapprovedtousethemodelanimalhealthcertificate atPartIofAnnexA
ISO code Country Remark
AR Argentina
CA Canada
CH Switzerland
HR Croatia
IL Israel
MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (*)
NZ New Zealand
RO Romania
US United States of America
CY Cyprus (**)
CZ CzechRepublic (**)
EE Estonia (**)
HU Hungary (**)
LT Lithuania (**)
LV Latvia (**)
MT Malta (**)
PL Poland (**)
SI Slovenia (**)
SK Slovakia (**)
(*) Provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the
conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.
(**) Only applicable until this acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.1992D0471 — EN — 19.01.2004 — 005.001 — 6
▼M1
ANNEX B
PARTI
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▼M1
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▼M1
PARTII
ListofcountriesapprovedtousethemodelanimalhealthcertificateatPart
IofAnnexB
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