2001/638/EC: Commission Decision of 2 August 2001 amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards the lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2447)
Date: 2001-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal breeding, cattle, import, third country, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Communities

18.8.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 August 2001

amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards the lists of embryo collection teams and embryo
production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community

(notified under document number C(2001) 2447)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/638/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions
governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of
the bovine species (1), as last amended by Decision 94/113/EC (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The competent veterinary services of Canada and United States have forwarded a request for
amendment to the list, established by Commission Decision 92/452/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/184/EC (4), of teams officially approved in their territories for the export of embryos
of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.

Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/
556/EEC have been received by the Commission.

Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended as follows:

1. the following line is added to the lines concerning Canadian teams:

Article 1

‘CA

E 1241

Dr Luc Besner’

Centre de production
d'embryons Damythier
281, rang 5
St-Liguori, Québec
JOK 2XO

2. the following lines are added to the lines concerning US-teams:

‘US

US

91CA035
E 689

01WI098
E 1063

Ruann Dairy
7285 W Davis Avenue
Riverdale
CA 93656

Dairyland Veterinary Practice
370 Flower Court
Platterville
WI 53818

Kenneth Halback

Dr Leah Penza’

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 53, 24.2.1994, p. 53.
(3) OJ L 250, 29.8.1992, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 67, 9.3.2001, p. 77.

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3. the lines concerning the US teams E 512 (91PA005) and E 962 (91CA040) are respectively replaced by

the following:

‘US

US

91PA005
E 512

94PA005
IVF

Em Tran
197 Bossier Road
Elizabethtown
PA

Boyd Henderson

91CA040
E 692

Webb ET Services
1319 Prairie Flower Road
Turlock
CA 95480

James Webb’

4. the lines concerning the Canadian teams E 607, E 660 and E 933 are respectively replaced by the

following:

‘CA

E 607

CA

CA

E 660

E 933

Mill Bay Veterinary Clinic
840 Delaune Road
PO Box 128
Mill Bay, British Columbia
VOR 2PO

E 660(FIV) Clinique vétérinaire Coaticook
490 Main Ouest
CP 25
Coaticook, Québec
J1A 2S8

Dr Jim Decker
Dr Chris Urquhart

Dr Pierre Brassard

E.T.E. Inc
3700 boul. de la Chaudière
suite 100
Ste-Foy, Québec
G1X 2K5

Dr Louis Picard
Dr Marc Dery’

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission