2008/449/EC: Commission Decision of 10 June 2008 amending Decision 2008/155/EC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in Australia, Canada and the United States (notified under document number C(2008) 2466) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Australia, Canada, United States, animal breeding, cattle, embryo and foetus, health control, import, originating product, veterinary inspection

L 157/108

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.6.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 June 2008

amending Decision 2008/155/EC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in
Australia, Canada and the United States

(notified under document number C(2008) 2466)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/449/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to

regard

Council Directive

of
Having
25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing
importation from third
intra-Community
in and
countries of embryos of domestic animals of
the bovine
species (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,

89/556/EEC

trade

(5)

(6)

Canada and the United States 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 approved for
exports to the Community by the veterinary services of
those countries.

Decision 2008/155/EC 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)

in third countries

Commission Decision 2008/155/EC of 14 February
2008 establishing a list of embryo collection and
production teams
approved for
into the Community (2)
imports of bovine embryos
provides that Member States are to import embryos
from third countries only if they have been collected,
processed
embryo collection and
production teams listed in the Annex to that Decision.

stored by

and

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2008/155/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Australia has requested to delete one embryo collection
team from the list as regards entries for that country.

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2008.

Canada and the United States have requested that
amendments be made to the entries for those countries
on that list as regards certain embryo collection teams.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(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 50, 23.2.2008, p. 51.

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ANNEX

The Annex to Decision 2008/155/EC is amended as follows:

(1) the row for Australia embryo collection team ETV0006 is deleted.

(2) the row for Canada embryo collection team No E 1159 is replaced by the following:

‘CA

E 1159
E 1719

Clinique vétérinaire de Saint-Georges
555, rue 130ième Est
Saint-Georges de Beauce, Québec G5Y 2T4

Dr Michel Donnelly
Dr Clermont Roy’

(3) the following rows for Canada are inserted:

‘CA

CA

CA

CA

E 1596

E 1020

E 1732

E 1680

Optimum Genetics Ltd
4246 Albert Street, suite 407
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 3R9

Progressive Dairy Techniques International Inc
1223 Cedar Creek Road, R.R. 4
Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5S5

Aylmer Veterinary Clinic
421 Talbot St. West
Aylmer, Ontario N5H 1K8

Oxford Bovine Veterinary Services
276311 27th Line, R.R. 3
Lakeside, Ontario, N0M 2G0

Dr Stan Bychawski

Dr John C. Draper

Dr James Raddatz

Dr Frank Jongert’

(4) the row for the United States embryo collection team No 99TX104 E874 is replaced by the following:

‘US

99TX104
E1376

Ultimate Genetics/Camp Cooley
Rt 3 Box 745
Franklin, TX 77856

Dr Dan Miller’

(5) the row for the United States embryo collection team No 96TX088 E928 is replaced by the following:

‘US

96TX088
E1376

Advanced Genetic Services
41402 OSR
Normangee, TX 77871

Dr Dan Miller’

(6) the following rows for the United States are inserted:

‘US

US

08TX138
E1376

08GA139
E795

Santa Elena Ranch
720 HWY 75 S
Madisonville, TX 77864

Troy Yoder
5979 HWY 26
Montezuma, GA 31063

Dr Dan Miller

Dr Mitchell Parks’