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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 94/453/EC of 29 June 1994 L 187 11 22.7.1994
►M2Commission Decision 94/280/EC of 28 April 1994 L 120 52 11.5.1994
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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 conditionsgoverning intra-Community trade in and
importation from third countriesof embryosof domes tic animalsof
the bovine species(1), asamended by Directive 90/425/EEC(2), and in
particular Articles9 and 10 thereof,
Whereasthe lis t of third countriesfrom which Member Statesare
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 with new information
for other third countries;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down the animal health conditions and
veterinary certification required for importsof bovine embryosfromthird countries;
Whereasthe competent authoritiesof the third country in which the
embryosintended 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 obligationhasbeen fulfilled;
Whereasthe competent veterinary authoritiesof the third countrieson
the list have undertaken to notify the Commission and the MemberStatesby telex or telefax within 24 hoursof 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;
Whereasthe animal health certificate isadapted 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 — 05.07.1994 — 002.001 — 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 Statess hall authorize the importation of bovine embryos
conforming to the guaranteeslaid down in the animal health certificatein accordance with Annex A, Part I. Thiscertificate mus t accompany
consignments of embryos coming from third countries or parts of third
countrieslis ted in Annex A, Part II.
2. Member Statess hall authorize the importation of bovine embryos
conforming to the guaranteeslaid down in the animal health certificatein accordance with Annex B, Part I. Thiscertificate mus t accompanyconsignments of embryos coming from third countries or parts of thirdcountrieslis ted in Annex B, Part II.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1992D0471 — EN — 05.07.1994 — 002.001 — 3
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ANNEX A
PARTI
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PARTII
ListofcountriesapprovedtousethemodelanimalhealthcertificateatPart
IofAnnexA
Austria
Bosnia-HerzegovinaCanadaCroatia
Czech Republic
FinlandHungary
Israel
New ZealandNorway
Poland
RomaniaSlovak Republik
Slovenia
SwedenSwitzerland
United Statesof America
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ANNEX B
PARTI
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▼M2
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▼M2
PARTII
ListofcountriesapprovedtousethemodelanimalhealthcertificateatPart
IofAnnexB
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