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)
EU Decision 2008/610 · Adopted 24 July 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom
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 establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine speciesf1, and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2008/155/EC of 14 February 2008 establishing a list of embryo collection and production teams in third countries approved for imports of bovine embryos into the Communityf2 provides that Member States are to import embryos from third countries only if they have been collected, processed and stored by embryo collection and production teams listed in the Annex to that Decision.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
Decision 2008/155/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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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).
- f2
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OJ L 50, 23.2.2008, p. 51. Decision as amended by Decision 2008/449/EC (OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 108).
Contents
1
The Annex to Decision 2008/155/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Signature
Done at Brussels, 24 July 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla Vassiliou
Member of the Commission
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
Dr Ken Christie
Dr Everett Hall
’
- 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
Dr Mario Lefort ’
- 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 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 Trans Ova Genetics
9033 Walker RD
Belgrade, MT 59714
Dr Chris Kolste US Greencastle Veterinary Hospital
862 Buchanan Trail East
Greencastle, PA 17225
Dr Daren Statler US Tufts-New England Veterinary Ambulatory Clinic
149 New Sweden RD
Woodstock, CT 06281
Dr Kevin Lindell ’