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(1), 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 animals(2) 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/EC(3), 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 U.K.

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 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 August 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla Vassiliou

Member of the Commission

ANNEX U.K.

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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.: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Télec: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone] ext. 303

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone] (Terri Barr)

[phone] (Ghislain Falardeau)

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone] ext. 303

Fax: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: TBA

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone] ext. 303

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax.: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone] (h)

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone] ext. 23

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://www.clrc.ca’

(1)

OJ L 178, 12.7.1994, p. 66.

(2)

OJ L 54, 24.2.2006, p. 34.

(3)

OJ L 219, 14.8.2008, p. 40.