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 species1, and in particular Article 3 thereof,

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 animals2 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.
(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/EC3, 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.
(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. 1.

    The following Article is inserted:

    ‘Article 2a

    This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2009.’

  2. 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. 1.

    Point II is deleted;

  2. 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’