{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-453/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/453",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 10 June 2008 amending Decision 2006/139/EC as regards an authority approved for keeping a herdbook or register for the porcine species in the United States (notified under document number C(2008) 2472) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/453/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-453",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 10 June 2008\namending Decision 2006/139/EC as regards an authority approved for keeping a herdbook or register for the porcine species in the United States\n(notified under document number C(2008) 2472)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2008/453/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 laying down the principles relating to the zootechnical and genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, and amending Directive 77/504/EEC on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2006/139/EC of 7 February 2006 implementing Council Directive 94/28/EC as regards a list of authorities in third countries approved for the keeping of a herd book or register of certain animals provides that Member States are authorised to import breeding animals of certain species, their semen, ova and embryos as ‘pure-bred’ or ‘hybrid’ only if they are entered or registered in a herd book or register kept by an authority listed in that Decision.\n(2)\nThe United States have requested that one authority for the porcine species be added to the entries for that country in the Annex to Decision 2006/139/EC.\n(3)\nThe United States have provided guarantees regarding compliance with the relevant requirements laid down in Community legislation and, in particular in Directive 94/28/EC.\n(4)\nAnnex to Decision 2006/139/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Zootechnics,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 178, 12.7.1994, p. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 54, 24.2.2006, p. 34."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}