2006/85/EC: Commission Decision of  10 February 2006  amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in certain third countries  (notified under document number C(2006) 332)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, United States, animal breeding, cattle, health control, import, veterinary inspection

L 40/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2006

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 February 2006

amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in
certain third countries

(notified under document number C(2006) 332)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/85/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in
particular Article 8(1) thereof,

(4)

(5)

approved for
exports
veterinary services of those countries.

to the Community by the

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

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

embryo collection teams

Commission Decision 92/452/EEC of 30 July 1992
establishing lists of
and
embryo production teams approved in third countries
for export of bovine embryos to the Community (2)
provides
are only to import
embryos from third countries where they have been
collected, processed and stored by embryo collection
teams listed in that Decision.

that Member States

Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America
have requested that amendments be made to the entries
for those countries on those lists as regards certain
embryo collection and production teams.

Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America
have provided guarantees regarding compliance with the
appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the
embryo collection teams concerned have been officially

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 14 February 2006.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 250, 29.8.1992, p. 40. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/8/EC (OJ L 6, 11.1.2006, p. 32).

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

ANNEX

(a)

the row for Canada embryo collection and production team No E593 is replaced by the following:

‘CA

E593

Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplant Ltd
PO Box 590, Crossfield
Alberta TOM 0S0

Dr Roger Davis
Dr Andres Arteaga’

(b) the following row for New Zealand is inserted:

‘NZ

NZEB11

ArTech
PO Box 23026
Hamilton

Dr Rob Courtney
Dr William Hancock’

(c)

the following rows for United States of America embryo collection teams are deleted:

‘US

US

US

91WA048
E11

91WA020
E572

91NC054
E705

Carnation Research
28901 NE Carnation F
Carnation, WA

North West Veterinary Clinic
8500 Cedarhome Drive
Stanwood, WA

Apex Veterinary Hospital
1600 E. Williams St
Apex, NC

(d) the following rows for United States of America are inserted:

‘US

US

US

US

05NC117
E705

05IA118
E1477

05WI116
E1554

05IA119
E1685

S. Galphin Services
6509 Saddle Path Circle
Raleigh, NC 27606

Donald Yanda
147 Jacobsen Drive
Maquoketa, IA 52060

Reprovider, LLC
2007 Excalibur Drive
Janesville, WI 53546

Westwood Embryo Services Inc
1760 Dakota Ave
Waverly, IA 50677

Eric Studer

E.E. Elefson

Samuel P. Galphin’

Dr Samuel P. Galphin

Dr Donald Yanda

Dr Rick Faber

Dr Justin Helgerson’