CELEX: 51994GC0063
Language: en
Date: 2007-01-17
Title: Draft Commission decision of […] drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species and ova and embryos of the porcine species (…/.../EC) (codified version)

EN

|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C(2006)

                                                                      Draft

                                                               COMMISSION DECISION

                                                                      of […]

  drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species and
                                                      ova and embryos of the porcine species

                                                                    (…/.../EC)

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 94/63/EC (adapted)
                                            è1 2004/211/EC Art. 9(2)(a)

                                                                      Draft

                                                               COMMISSION DECISION

                                                                      of […]

  è1 drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species
                                                   and ova and embryos of the porcine species ç

                                                            (Text with EEA relevance)

                                                                    (…/.../EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing  trade  in  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[1], and in particular Article 17(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê .

   1) Commission Decision 94/63/EC of 31 January 1994 drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports  of  semen,
      ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species and ova and embryos of the porcine  species[2]  has  been  substantially  amended  several
      times[3]. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified.

                                            ê 94/63/EC Recital 2 (adapted)

   2) It is necessary to draw up Community lists of third countries or parts of third countries from which imports of semen, ova and  embryos  of
      the ovine and  caprine species and  ova and embryos of the porcine species are authorised, which could be based, in particular, on  Council
      Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public
      health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat[4].

                                            ê 94/63/EC Recital 4 (adapted)

   3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in conformity with the opinion of the Standing  Committee  on  the  Food  Chain  and  Animal
      Health, 

                                            ê 94/63/EC (adapted)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

                                                                    Article 1

Member States shall authorise imports of semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species from third countries appearing in  the  list  in
Part I of Annex I.

Member States shall authorise imports of ova and embryos of the porcine species from third  countries  appearing  in  the  list  in  Part  II  of
Annex I.

                                                                    Article 2

                                            ê .

Decision 94/63/EC is repealed.

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 III.

                                            ê 94/63/EC

                                                                    Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

                                            ê 94/63/EC (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX I 

                                            ê 94/63/EC

The following lists are lists in principle, and importations shall fulfil the relevant animal health and public health requirements.

                                                                      PART I

       List of third countries from which Member States shall authorise imports of semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species

                                            ê 94/63/EC (adapted)

Third countries, appearing in the list in Annex I of Decision 79/542/EEC, from which imports of live animals of the  ovine  and  caprine  species
are authorised.

                                            ê 2004/52/EC Art. 6 and Annex IV (adapted)

                                                                     PART II

                List of third countries from which Member States shall authorise imports of ova and embryos of the porcine species

Third countries from which imports of porcine semen is authorised in accordance with Commission Decision 2002/613/EC [5].

                                                                 _______________

                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                 Repealed Decision with its successive amendments

|Commission Decision 94/63/EC                                                  |                                                   |
|(OJ L 28, 2.2.1994, p. 47)                                                    |                                                   |
|Commission Decision 2001/734/EC                                                |Article 2 only                                   |
|(OJ L 275, 18.10.2001, p. 19)                                                  |                                                 |
|Commission Decision 2004/52/EC                                                 |Article 6 and Annex IV only                      |
|(OJ L 10, 16.1.2004, p. 67)                                                    |                                                 |
|Commission Decision 2004/211/EC                                                |Article 9(2) only                                |
|(OJ L 73, 11.3.2004, p. 1)                                                     |                                                 |

                                                                  _____________

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                                Correlation Table

|Decision 94/63/EC                                                  |This Decision                                                      |
|Articles 1 - 3                                                     |Articles 1 - 3                                                     |
|Annex                                                              |Annex I                                                            |
|__                                                                 |Annex II                                                           |
|__                                                                 |Annex III                                                          |

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[1]   OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/68/EC (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 320). 
[2]   OJ L 28, 2.2.1994, p. 47. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/211/EC (OJ L 73, 11.3.2004, p. 1).
[3]   See Annex II.
[4]   OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Decision as last amended by Commission Decision 2005/753/EC (OJ L 282, 26.10.2005, p. 22).
[5]   OJ L 196, 25.7.2002, p. 45.