2008/610/EC: Commission Decision of 24 July 2008 amending Decision 2008/155/EC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in Canada and the United States (notified under document number C(2008) 3748) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, United States, animal breeding, cattle, embryo and foetus, health control, import, veterinary inspection

25.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 197/57

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

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 July 2008

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

(notified under document number C(2008) 3748)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/610/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

(4)

(5)

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
approved for
production teams
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

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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2008.

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. Decision as amended by Decision

2008/449/EC (OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 108).

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Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2008

ANNEX

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

1. the row for Canada embryo collection team No E 71 is replaced by the following:

‘CA

E 71
E 953
E 1364
E 1368

Gencor
RR 5
Guelph,
Ontario N1H 6J2

2. the row for Canada embryo collection team No E 817 is replaced by the following:

‘CA

E 817

Hôpital Vétérinaire Ormstown
1430 route 201
Ormstown,
Québec J0S 1K0

3. the following row for Canada is inserted:

‘CA

E 1783

Bureau Vétérinaire Ste-Martine
168 Boulevard St-Joseph
Ste-Martine,
Québec J0S 1V0

Dr Ken Christie
Dr Everett Hall’

Dr Mario Lefort’

Dr Marc Perras’

4. the row for the United States embryo collection team No 93MD062 E 1139 is replaced by the following:

‘US

93MD062
E 1139

Mid Maryland Dairy Veterinarian
112 Western Maryland PKWY
Hagerstown, MD 21742

Dr John Heizer
Dr Matthew E. Iager’

5. the row for the United States embryo collection team No 93MD063 E 1139 is replaced by the following:

‘US

93MD063
E 1139

Mid Maryland Dairy Associates
112 Western Maryland PKWY
Hagerstown, MD 21742

Dr Tom Mercuro’

6. the following rows for the United States are inserted:

‘US

US

US

Trans Ova Genetics
9033 Walker RD
Belgrade, MT 59714

Greencastle Veterinary Hospital
862 Buchanan Trail East
Greencastle, PA 17225

Tufts-New England Veterinary Ambulatory Clinic
149 New Sweden RD
Woodstock, CT 06281

Dr Chris Kolste

Dr Daren Statler

Dr Kevin Lindell’