2007/846/EC: Commission Decision of 6 December 2007 establishing a model for the lists of entities approved by Member States in accordance with various provisions of Community veterinary legislation, and the rules applying to the transmission of these lists to the Commission (notified under document number C(2007) 5882) (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, animal breeding, exchange of information, intra-EU trade, veterinary legislation

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 December 2007

establishing a model for the lists of entities approved by Member States in accordance with various
provisions of Community veterinary legislation, and the rules applying to the transmission of these
lists to the Commission

(notified under document number C(2007) 5882)

(Codified version)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/846/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Article
11(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June
1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable
to intra-Community trade
semen of
domestic animals of the bovine species (2), and in particular
Article 5(2) thereof,

in and imports of

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 (3), and in
particular Article 5(3) thereof,

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by
Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26).
last amended by

(2) OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10. Directive as

Commission Decision 2006/16/EC (OJ L 11, 17.1.2006, p. 21).

(3) 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).

Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June
1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement
and import from third countries of equidae (4), and in particular
Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June
1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable
to intra-Community trade
semen of
domestic animals of the porcine species (5), and in particular
Article 5(3) thereof,

in and imports of

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (6), and in particular Article
8a(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992
laying down animal health requirements governing trade and
imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I)
to
Directive 90/425/EEC (7), and in particular Article 17(3)(c) and
Article 18(1) fourth indent thereof,

(4) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(5) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62. Directive as last amended by Regulation

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

(6) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(7) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2007/265/EC (OJ L 114, 1.5.2007, p. 17).

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Whereas:

(8)

Commission Decision 2001/106/EC of 24 January 2001
establishing a model for the lists of entities approved by
Member States in accordance with various provisions of
Community veterinary legislation, and the rules applying
to the transmission of these lists to the Commission (1),
has been substantially amended several times (2). In the
interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision
should be codified.

Intra-Community trade of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine
and equine animals is permitted from assembly centres
approved by the competent authorities of the Member
State where they are located.

Intra-Community trade of semen of domestic animals of
the bovine and porcine species is permitted from centres
approved by the competent authorities of the Member
State where they are located.

the
Intra-Community trade of embryos and ova of
bovine species is permitted if they have been collected,
processed and stored by embryo collection teams
approved by the competent authorities of the Member
State where they are acting.

Each Member State is to send to the Commission and to
the other Member States the lists of assembly centres,
semen collection centres and embryo collection teams
it has approved on its territory.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The lists of the entities listed in Annex I shall be transmitted to
the Commission under Word or Excel to the following mailbox:
Inforvet@ec.europa.eu

The lists shall be drawn up in accordance with the model
formats listed in Annex II.

Any modification of the format or change in the destination
shall be notified by the Commission to the Member States in
the framework of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain
and Animal Health.

Decision 2001/106/EC is repealed.

Article 2

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as
references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex IV.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

It is necessary to harmonise the model of those lists and
the way they are transmitted in order to set up a simple
access to up-to-date lists for the Community.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2007.

It is convenient and appropriate to use that harmonised
model for the approved quarantine facilities or centres
for imported birds other than poultry.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(1) OJ L 39, 9.2.2001, p. 39. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/252/EC (OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 45).

(2) See Annex III.

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ANNEX I

1. Assembly centres approved in accordance with Article 11(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC, Article 7(1) of Directive

90/426/EEC and Article 8a(1) of Directive 91/68/EEC.

2. Semen collection and storage centres approved in accordance with Article 5(1) of Directive 88/407/EEC and semen

collection centres approved in accordance with Article 5(1) of Directive 90/429/EEC.

3. Embryo collection teams approved in accordance with Article 5(1) of Directive 89/556/EEC.

4. Bird quarantine facilities or centres approved in accordance with Article 18(1) fourth indent of Directive 92/65/EEC

and Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 (1).

(1) OJ L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 7.

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ANNEX II

Each list will be preceded by one of the following headings. These headings include the index number of the list, the
definition of
the list
(day/month/year). The units will be listed by the approval or registration number in numerical order in accordance
with the model formats given in this Annex.

the Member State and the date of

the units concerned,

the ISO code of

the version of

I. Assembly centres

(a) — List of approved assembly centres for intra-Community trade in animals of the bovine (Directive 64/432/EEC),

equine (Directive 90/426/EEC), ovine and caprine (Directive 91/68/EEC) species,

— … (ISO code of the Member State),

— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Approval No

Name of the
assembly centre

Address of the
assembly centre

Telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address

Species

(b) — List of approved assembly centres for intra-Community trade in animals of the bovine (Directive 64/432/EEC),

— … (ISO code of the Member State),

— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Approval No

Name of the assembly
centre

Address of the assembly centre

Telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address

II. Semen collection and storage centres

(a) — List of approved semen collection centres for intra-Community trade in semen of domestic animals of the

bovine species (Directive 88/407/EEC),

— … (ISO code of the Member State),

— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Registration No

Name of the semen
collection centre

Address of the semen
collection centre

Telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address

(b) — List of approved semen storage centres for intra-Community trade in semen of domestic animals of the bovine

species (Directive 88/407/EEC),

— … (ISO code),

— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Registration No

Name of the semen
storage centre

Address of the semen
storage centre

Telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address

(c) — List of approved semen collection centres for intra-Community trade in semen of domestic animals of the

porcine species (Directive 90/429/EEC),

— … (ISO code),

— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Registration No

Name of the semen
collection centre

Address of the semen
collection centre

Telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address

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III. Embryo collection teams

— List of approved embryo collection teams for intra-Community trade in embryos and ova of domestic animals of

the bovine species (Directive 89/556/EEC)

— … (ISO code of the Member State),
— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Registration No

Name of the
team
veterinarian(s)

(ET or ET/IVF) (*) Address of
the team veterinarian(s)

Telephone number, fax number, e-mail
address

(*) ET for embryo collection team, ET/IVF for embryo production team.

IV. Bird quarantine facilities or centres

— List of approved quarantine facilities or centres for the importation of birds other than poultry (Directive

92/65/EEC)

— … (ISO code of the Member State),
— …/…/… (Date of the version),

ISO code

Name of country

Approval number of quarantine facility or centre

ANNEX III

Repealed Decision with list of its successive amendments

Commission Decision 2001/106/EC
(OJ L 39, 9.2.2001, p. 39).

Commission Decision 2002/279/EC
(OJ L 99, 16.4.2002, p. 17).

only Article 2

Commission Decision 2004/252/EC
(OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 45).

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ANNEX IV

CORRELATION TABLE

Decision 2001/106/EC

This Decision

Article 1

—

Article 2

Annex I

Annex II

—

—

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV