Commission Decision
of 26 August 2009
amending Decision 2006/139/EC as regards its period of applicability and the list of authorities in Canada approved for keeping a herdbook or register of certain animals
(notified under document C(2009) 6522)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/623/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having 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 thereof,
OJ L 178, 12.7.1994, p. 66.
Whereas:
(1) Commission 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 herdbook or register of certain animals provides that Member States are to authorise the importation of breeding animals of certain species, their semen, ova and embryos as ‘pure-bred’ or ‘hybrid’ only if they are entered or registered in a herdbook or register kept by an authority approved for that purpose. The approved authorities are listed in the Annex to that Decision.
OJ L 54, 24.2.2006, p. 34.
(2) In accordance with Article 18 of Council Directive 2008/73/EC of 15 July 2008 simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields and amending Directives 64/432/EEC, 77/504/EEC, 88/407/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 90/428/EEC, 90/429/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 91/68/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/65/EEC, 92/66/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 94/28/EC, 2000/75/EC, Decision 2000/258/EC and Directives 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC and 2005/94/EC, the procedure for listing of bodies in respect of the species and/or races concerned that the competent authority of the third country has approved for the purpose of Directive 94/28/EC will be replaced by an Internet-based information coming into effect on 1 January 2010. For the sake of clarity and legal certainty it is therefore necessary to introduce an end date for the validity of Decision 2006/139/EC.
OJ L 219, 14.8.2008, p. 40.
(3) The entry for Bulgaria in the Annex to Decision 2006/139/EC became obsolete with the accession of that Member State and should therefore be deleted for the sake of legal clarity.
(4) In addition, Canada has requested to update several entries for that country in the Annex to Decision 2006/139/EC.
(5) Canada has provided guarantees regarding compliance with the relevant requirements laid down in Community legislation and, in particular those laid down in Directive 94/28/EC.
(6) Decision 2006/139/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Zootechnics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Decision 2006/139/EC is amended as follows:
1. The following Article is inserted:

‘Article 2a This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2009.’

2. The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 August 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla Vassiliou
Member of the Commission
ANNEX The Annex to Decision 2006/139/EC is amended as follows:
1. Point II is deleted;
2. Point III is replaced by the following:

‘III. Country: Canada

Species: Bovine
Canadian Aberdeen–Angus Association — Aberdeen-Angus cattle
c/o Doug Fee
General Manager
214-6715 8th Street N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 7H7, CANADA
Tel: (403) 571-3580
Fax: (403) 571-3599
E-mail: ceo@cdnangus.ca
Web: http://www.cdnangus.ca/
Ayrshire Breeders' Association of Canada — Ayrshire cattle
c/o Linda Ness
Executive Director
4865 Boulevard Laurier Ouest.,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
J2S 3V4, CANADA
Tel.: (450)778-3535
Fax: (450)778-3531
E-mail: info@ayrshire-canada.com
Web: http://www.ayrshire-canada.com/
Canadian Belgian Blue Association — Belgian Blue cattle
c/o Ken Miller
Secretary-Treasurer
Box 392
Avonlea, Saskatchewan
S0H 0C0, CANADA
Tel: (306) 868-4903
Fax: (306) 868-4903
E-mail: kejab@sk.sympatico.ca
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/belgianblue.html
Canadian Blonde d’Aquitaine Association — Blonde d’Aquitaine cattle
c/o Canadian Livestock Records Corporation
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 0M7, CANADA
Tel: 613-731-7110
Fax: 613-731-0704
E-mail: cbda@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.canadianblondeassociation.ca/
Canadian Brown Swiss and Braunvieh Association — Brown Swiss cattle
c/o Jessie Weir
Secretary
Rural Route #5, Highway #6 North
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 6J2, CANADA
Tel: (519) 821-2811
Fax: (519) 763-6582
E-mail: brownswiss@gencor.ca
Web: http://browncow.ca/
Société des éleveurs de bovins canadiens — bovins Canadiens
a/s Michelle Giasson
Secrétaire-trésorier
4865 Boulevard Laurier Ouest
Saint Hyacinthe, Québec
J2S 3V4, CANADA
Tél: (450) 774-2775
Télec: (450) 774-9775
E-mail: info@cqrl.org
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/canadiancattle.shtml
Canadian Charolais Association — Charolais cattle
c/o Neil Gillies
General Manager
2320-41st Avenue N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 6W8, CANADA
Tel: (403) 250-9242
Fax: (403) 291-9324
E-mail: cca@charolais.com
Web: http://www.charolais.com
Canadian Chianina Association — Chianina cattle
(Not active)
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/chianina.shtml
Canadian Dexter Cattle Association — Dexter cattle
c/o Ron Black
Secretary
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V OM7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: dexter@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.dextercattle.ca
Canadian Galloway Association — Galloway cattle
c/o Ron Black
Secretary-Treasurer
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 0M7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110 ext. 303
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: galloway@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.galloway.ca
Canadian Gelbvieh Association — Gelbvieh cattle
c/o Wendy G. Belcher
Secretary/Manager
109, 2116-27th Avenue N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 7A6, CANADA
Tel: (403) 250-8640
Fax: (403) 291-5624
E-mail: gelbvieh@gelbvieh.ca
Web: http://www.gelbvieh.ca/
Canadian Guernsey Association — Guernsey cattle
c/o Nellie Endeman
Secretary-Manager
Rural Route #5, Highway 6 North
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 6J2, CANADA
Tel: (519) 836-2141
Fax: (519) 763-6582
E-mail: guernsey@gencor.ca
Web: http://www.guernseycanada.ca/
Canadian Hays Converter Association — Hays Converter cattle
c/o Terri Worms
Secretary-Manager
201-1600 15 Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T3C 0Y2, CANADA
Tel: (403) 245-6923
Fax: (403) 244-3128
E-mail: terriworms@home.com
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/haysconverter.shtml
Canadian Hereford Association — Hereford cattle
c/o Gordon Stephenson
General-Manager
5160 Skyline Way N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 6V1, CANADA
Tel: (403) 275-2662
Fax: (403) 295-1333
E-mail: herefords@hereford.ca
Web: http://www.hereford.ca/
Canadian Highland Cattle Society — Highland cattle
c/o Terri Barr
Secretary-Manager
70209 Evergreen Line, Rural Route #3
Exeter, Ontario
N0M 1S5, CANADA
Tel: (519) 229-6220 (Terri Barr)
(819) 728-2441 (Ghislain Falardeau)
Fax: (519) 229-6220
E-mail: highland@chcs.ca
Web: http://www.chcs.ca
Holstein Association of Canada — Holstein cattle
c/o Keith Flaman
Secretary Manager
P.O. Box 610
20 Corporate Place
Brantford, Ontario
N3T 5R4, CANADA
Tel: (519) 756-8300
Fax: (519) 756-5878
E-mail: general@holstein.ca
Web: http://www.holstein.ca/
Jersey Canada — Jersey cattle
c/o Russell G. Gammon
Secretary-Manager
350 Speedvale West, Unit 9
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 7M7, CANADA
Tel: (519) 821-1020
Fax: (519) 821-2723
E-mail: info@jerseycanada.com
Web: http://www.jerseycanada.com/
Canadian Limousin Association — Limousin cattle
c/o Barb Judd
Office Manager
#13 - 4101 - 19 Street NE
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 7C4, CANADA
Tel: (403) 253-7309
Fax: (403) 253-1704
E-mail: limousin@limousin.com
Web: http://www.limousin.com/
Canadian Lowline Cattle Association — Lowline cattle
c/o Darrell Gotaas
President
1625-184th St., Edmonton, Alberta
T6M 2R1, CANADA
Tel: (780) 486-7553
Fax: (780) 487-0872
E-mail: CanLowline@gmail.com
Web: http://www.canadianlowline.com/
Canadian Luing Cattle Association — Luing cattle
c/o Iain Aitken
Secretary-Treasurer
Blacketlees Farm, Rural Route 4
Rimbey, Alberta
T0C 2J0, CANADA
Tel: (403) 843-0094
Fax: (403) 843-0094
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/luing.shtml
Canadian Maine-Anjou Association — Maine-Anjou cattle
Heather Hartman
Office Manager
5160 Skyline Way N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 6V1, CANADA
Tel: (403) 291-7077
Fax: (403) 291-0274
E-mail: cmaa@maine-anjou.ca
Web: http://www.maine-anjou.ca/
Canadian Marchigiana Association (Romark) — Marchigiana cattle
(Not active)
Canadian Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel Association — Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel cattle
(Not active)
Canadian Murray Grey Association — Murray Grey cattle
c/o Barb Groves
Secretary
Box 2093
Stettler, Alberta
T0C 2L0, CANADA
Tel: (403) 742-3843
Fax: (403) 742-3843
E-mail: cmga@electrotel.ca
Web: http://www.cdnmurraygrey.ca/
North American Lincoln Red Association
c/o Lynne Van Beek
109 Pothier Road
St. Charles, Ontario
P0M 2W0, CANADA
Tel: (705) 867-2291
Fax: (705) 897-0127
E-mail: dunwikinder@persona.com
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/lincolnred.shtml
Canadian Piedmontese Association — Piedmontese cattle
c/o Emma Den Oudsten
Secretary
Rural Route #3
Lacombe, Alberta
T0C 1S0, CANADA
Tel: (403)782-2657
Fax: (403)782-6166
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/piedmontese.shtml
Canadian Pinzgauer Association — Pinzgauer cattle
c/o Rob Smith
President
Rural Route #2 Site 16, Box 8
Olds, Alberta
T4H 1P3, CANADA
Tel: (403) 507-2255
Fax: (403) 507-8583
E-mail: diamond@airenet.ca
Web: http://www.pinzgauer.ca/
Canadian Red Poll Cattle Association — Red Poll cattle
c/o Ronald K. Black
Secretary-Treasurer
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 0M7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110 ext. 303
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-Mail: redpoll@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/redpoll.shtml
Canadian Romagnola Association (Romark) — Romagnola cattle
(Not active)
Salers Association of Canada — Salers cattle
c/o Kathy Adams
Secretary Manager
Suite 1, 517 - 10 Ave. South
Carstairs, Alberta
T0M 0N0, CANADA
Tel: (403) 337-5851
Fax: (403) 337-3143
E-mail: info@salerscanada.com
Web: http://www.salerscanada.com/
Canadian Shorthorn Association — Shorthorn cattle
c/o Belinda Wagner
Secretary-Treasurer
Box 3771
Canada Centre Bldg. Exhibition Park
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3N8, CANADA
Tel: (306) 757-2212
Fax: (306) 525-5852
E-mail: sasklivestock@sk.sympatico.ca
Web: http://www.canadianshorthorn.com/
Canadian Simmental Association — Simmental cattle
c/o Barb Judd
Office Manager
#13, 4101-19th Street N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 7C4, CANADA
Tel: (403) 250-7979
Fax: (403) 250-5121
E-mail: cansim@simmental.com
Web: http://www.simmental.com/
Canadian South Devon Association — South Devon cattle
c/o Gloria Bigalky
Secretary-Treasurer
Box 68
Lipton, Saskatchewan
S0G 3B0, CANADA
Tel: (306)336-2666
Fax: (306) 646-4460
Email: info@southdevon.ca
Web: http://www.southdevon.ca/
Canadian Speckle Park Cattle Association — Speckle Park cattle
c/o Julianne Sage, CEO
Box 5032
Spruce Grove, Alberta
T7X 3A2, CANADA
Tel: (403) 934-2286
Fax: TBA
E-mail: cspecklepark@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.specklepark.ca/
Canadian Tarentaise Association — Tarentaise cattle 1973
c/o Rosalyn Harris
Secretary - Treasurer
Box 1156
Shellbrook, Saskatchewan
S0G 2E0, CANADA
Fax:
E-mail: canadiantarentaise@sasktel.net
Web: http://www.tarentaise.ca/
Canadian Wagyu Association — Wagyu cattle 1993
c/o Patrick McCarthy
President
3501 - 57 St.
Camrose, Alberta
T4V 4N2, CANADA
Tel: (780) 672-2990
Fax: (780) 672-6085
E-mail: admin@canadianwagyu.ca
Web: http://www.canadianwagyu.ca/index.htm
Canadian Welsh Black Cattle Society — Welsh Black cattle 1972
c/o Ron Black
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 0M7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110 ext. 303
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: ronblack@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/welshblack.shtml
Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (Société Canadienne d’Enregistrement des Animaux) — [General Stud and Herd Book: Bovine] — Devon cattle (North Devon), Norwegian Red cattle, Parthenais cattle, Rouge Flamande cattle, Aubrac cattle, Gasconne cattle, Brahman cattle, Normande cattle, Eringer cattle, Kerry cattle, Santa Gertrudis cattle
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 0M7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: ronblack@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.clrc.ca

Species: caprine
Canadian Meat Goat Association — Boer goats
c/o Allison Taylor
P.O. Box 314
Lancaster, Ontario
K0C 1N0, CANADA
Phone: (613) 525-5500
Fax.: (613) 525-5200
E-mail: registrar@canadianmeatgoat.com
Web: http://www.canadianmeatgoat.com/
Canadian Goat Society — Angora, Toggenburg, Nubian, Saanen, Alpine, Pygmy, Oberhasli, La Mancha, Nigerian Dwarf
c/o Sharon Hunt
Secretary-Manager
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V OM7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-9894
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: cangoatsoc@travel-net.com
Web: http://www.goats.ca

Species: Ovine
Canadian Finnsheep Breeders' Association — Finnish Landrace sheep (Finnsheep)
Kathy Playdon (Interim President)
Box 10, Site 10
R.R. #4
Stony Plain, Alberta
T0E 2G0, CANADA
Tel: (780) 963-0416
Web: http://www.clrc.ca/finnsheep.shtml
Canadian Katahdin Sheep Association — Katahdin sheep
c/o Ron Black
Secretary-Treasurer
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V OM7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: ronblack@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.katahdinsheep.com/
Canadian Sheep Breeders' Association — Blackface, Berrichon du Cher, Border Cheviot, Border Leicester, British Milk Sheep, Canadian Arcott, Charollais, Clun Forest, Columbia, Coopworth, Corriedale, Cotswold, DLS, Dorper, Dorset, Drysdale, East Friesian Dairy, Est à Laine Merino, Hampshire, English Leicester, Hexham Leicester, Icelandic, Île de France, Jacob, Karakul, Kerry Hill, Lacaune Dairy Sheep, Lincoln, Marshall Romney, Merino, Montadale, North Country Cheviot, Outaouais Arcott, Oxford, Perendale, Polypay, Rambouillet, Rideau Arcott, Romanov, Romnelet, Romney, Rouge de L’Ouest, Ryeland, Shetland, Shropshire, Southdown, South African Meat Merino, Suffolk, Targhee, Texel
c/o Cathy Gallivan
Secretary-Treasurer
Canadian Sheep Breeders' Association
1489 Route 560,
Deerville, New Brunswick
E7K 1W7, CANADA
Tel: (506) 328-3599 (h)
Fax: (506) 328-8165
E-mail: office@sheepbreeders.ca
Web: http://sheepbreeders.ca/

Species: Porcine
Canadian Potbellied Pet Pig Registry — Potbellied Pig
(Not active)
Canadian Swine Breeders' Association — Berkshire, British Saddleback, Chester White, Duroc, Hampshire, Lacombe, Landrace, Large Black, Pietrain, Poland China, Red Wattle, Spotted, Tamworth, Welsh, Yorkshire
c/o Brian Sullivan
Central Experimental Farm
Building 54, Maple Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C6, CANADA
Tel: (613) 233-8872 ext. 23
Fax: (613) 233-8903
E-mail: canswine@canswine.ca
Web: http://www.canswine.ca/
Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (Société canadienne d’enregistrement des animaux) — [General Stud and Herd Book: Porcine] — GP1025, GP1075, GP1125
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 0M7, CANADA
Tel: (613) 731-7110
Fax: (613) 731-0704
E-mail: ronblack@clrc.ca
Web: http://www.clrc.ca’