2007/122/EC: Commission Decision of 20 February 2007 amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in the United States of America (notified under document number C(2007) 481) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, animal breeding, cattle, health control, import, veterinary inspection

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 February 2007

amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in the
United States of America

(notified under document number C(2007) 481)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/122/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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,

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 team
concerned have been officially approved for exports to
that
the Community by the veterinary services of
country.

(4)

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

Whereas:

(5)

in this Decision are in
The measures provided for
accordance with
Standing
the
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
Committee,

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

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)
are only to import
provides
embryos from third countries where they have been
collected, processed and stored by embryo collection
teams listed in that Decision.

that Member States

The United States of America have requested that
amendment
regards
entries for that country, notably the amendment of the
address of one centre.

should be made to the list as

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2006/60/EC (OJ L 31, 3.2.2006, p. 24).
(2) OJ L 250, 29.8.1992, p. 40. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

The entry for the United States of America embryo collection team No 99MI105 E4 in the Annex to Decision
92/452/EEC is replaced by the following:

‘US

99MI105 E4

Northstar Select Sires
2471 4th ST
Shelbyville, MI 49344

Dr. Jeffrey Adams’