2003/15/EC: Commission Decision of 10 January 2003 amending Decision 2002/613/EC as regards the approved semen collection centres of Slovenia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 5564)
Date: 2003-01-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, animal breeding, health control, import, swine

L 7/90

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

11.1.2003

amending Decision 2002/613/EC as regards the approved semen collection centres of Slovenia

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 January 2003

(notified under document number C(2002) 5564)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/15/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(b) Slovenia is added to the title of Annex IV;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June
1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to
intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic
animals of the porcine species (1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Decision 2000/39/EC (2), and in particular Article 7(1) and
Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 2002/613/EC (3) establishes a list
of
third countries from which Member States may
authorise the importation of semen of domestic animals
of the porcine species and a list of semen collection
centres from those third countries approved for the
export to the Community.

Slovenia should be added to the list of third countries
from which imports are authorised by Decision 2002/
613/EC, following Commission missions and in the light
of the situation achieved with regard to animal health in
this country.

The competent veterinary services of Slovenia have sent
a list of semen collection centres officially approved for
the export of pig semen to the Community.

Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements
specified in Article 8 of Directive 90/429/EEC have been
provided to the Commission by the competent veter-
inary services of Slovenia, and they have officially
approved the collection centres concerned for exports to
the Community.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Food Chain and Animal Health,

(c) in Annex V, the following rows are added for Slovenia:

ISO

Approval
number

Name and address of approved centre

SLOVENIA

SI

SI 593

SI

SI 594

of Agriculture

Semen collection centre for porcine
animals, Murska Sobota;
Chamber
Forestry of Slovenia,
Agriculture and Forestry Centre of
Murska Sobota
Štefana Kovacˇa 40
9000 Murska Sobota

and

of Agriculture

Semen collection centre for porcine
animals, Ptuj;
Chamber
Forestry of Slovenia,
Agriculture and Forestry Centre of
Ptuj
Ormoška cesta 28
2250 Ptuj

and

Article 2

This Decision shall apply as from 31 January 2003.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 10 January 2003.

Article 1

Decision 2002/613/EC is amended as follows:

(a) Slovenia is added to Annex II;

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.
(2) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 196, 25.7.2002, p. 45.