2007/237/EC: Commission Decision of 13 April 2007 amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America (notified under document number C(2007) 1582) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-04-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, New Zealand, United States, animal breeding, cattle, import (EU), veterinary inspection

20.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 103/49

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

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 April 2007

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

(notified under document number C(2007) 1582)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/237/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,

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
to the Community by the
exports
approved for
veterinary services of those countries.

(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

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.

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 Decision

2007/122/EC (OJ L 52, 21.2.2007, p. 8).

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the third day following its publi-
cation 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, 13 April 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 103/51

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

(a)

the row for Canada embryo collection team E71 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘CA

E71

Gencor
RR 5
Guelph, Ontario N1H 6J2

Dr Ken Christie
Dr Everett Hall’

(b) the row for New Zealand embryo collection team NZEB01 is deleted.

(c)

the row for New Zealand embryo collection team NZEB02 is replaced by the following:

‘NZ

NZEB02

Animal Breeding Services Ltd
Kihikihi ET Centre
3680 State Highway 3, RD 2
Hamilton

Dr John David Hepburn’

(d) the following row for the United States of America is inserted:

‘US

06ID129
E1327

Countryside Veterinary Clinic
2724E 700 N
St. Anthony, ID 83445

Dr Richard Geary’

(e)

the following row for the United States of America is inserted:

‘US

06IA128
E1717

Westwood Embryo Services INC
1760 Dakota AVE
Waverly, IA 50677

Dr Mike Pugh’

(f)

the row for the United States of America embryo collection team No 93WA061 E600 is replaced by the following:

‘US

93WA061
E600

Mount Baker Veterinary and Embryo
Transfer Services
9320 Weidkamp RD
Lynden, WA 98264

Dr Blake Bostrum’

(g) the row for the United States of America embryo collection team No 95PA082 E664 is replaced by the following:

‘US

95PA082
E664

Van Dyke Veterinary Clinic
4994 Sandy Lake Greenville RD
Sandy Lake, PA 16145

Dr Todd Van Dyke’

(h) the row for the United States of America embryo collection team No 92MD058 E745 is replaced by the following:

‘US

92MD058
E745

Catoctin Embryo Transfer
4339 Ridge RD
Mt. Airy, MD 21771

Dr William L Graves’

(i)

the row for the United States of America embryo collection team No 02TX107 E1428 is replaced by the following:

‘US

02TX107
E1482

OvaGenix
4700 Elmo Weedon RD #103
Collage Station, TX 77845

Dr Stacy Smitherman’