27.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/15

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, (3) The entry for Bulgaria in the Annex to Decision 2006/139/EC became obsolete with the accession of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European that Member State and should therefore be deleted for Community, the sake of legal clarity.

(4) In addition, Canada has requested to update several Having regard to Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 entries for that country in the Annex to Decision laying down the principles relating to the zootechnical and 2006/139/EC. genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, and (5) Canada has provided guarantees regarding compliance amending Directive 77/504/EEC on pure-bred breeding with the relevant requirements laid down in 1 animals of the bovine species ( ), and in particular Article 3 Community legislation and, in particular those laid thereof, down in Directive 94/28/EC.

Whereas: (6) Decision 2006/139/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (1) Commission Decision 2006/139/EC of 7 February 2006 implementing Council Directive 94/28/EC as regards a (7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in list of authorities in third countries approved for the accordance with the opinion of the Standing keeping of a herdbook or register of certain animals ( 2 ) Committee on Zootechnics, provides that Member States are to authorise the importation of breeding animals of certain species, their HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: semen, ova and embryos as ‘pure-bred’ or ‘hybrid’ only if they are entered or registered in a herdbook or register Article 1 kept by an authority approved for that purpose. The Decision 2006/139/EC is amended as follows: approved authorities are listed in the Annex to that Decision. 1. The following Article is inserted:

(2) In accordance with Article 18 of Council Directive ‘Article 2a 2008/73/EC of 15 July 2008 simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2009.’ zootechnical fields and amending Directives 64/432/EEC, 77/504/EEC, 88/407/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 2. The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this 89/556/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 90/428/EEC, Decision. 90/429/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 91/68/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/65/EEC, 92/66/EEC, 92/119/EEC, Article 2 94/28/EC, 2000/75/EC, Decision 2000/258/EC and This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 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 Done at Brussels, 26 August 2009. purpose of Directive 94/28/EC will be replaced by an Internet-based information coming into effect on For the Commission 1 January 2010. For the sake of clarity and legal certainty it is therefore necessary to introduce an end Androulla VASSILIOU date for the validity of Decision 2006/139/EC. Member of the Commission

( 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. L 224/16 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.8.2009

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 Canadian Brown Swiss and Braunvieh Association — Brown Swiss Species: Bovine c/o Jessie Weir Canadian Aberdeen–Angus Association — Secretary Aberdeen- Rural Route #5, Highway #6 North c/o Doug Fee Guelph, Ontario General Manager N1H 6J2, CANADA 214-6715 8th Street N.E. Tel: (519) 821-2811 Calgary, Alberta Fax: (519) 763-6582 T2E 7H7, CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (403) 571-3580 Web: http://browncow.ca/ Fax: (403) 571-3599 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cdnangus.ca/ Société des éleveurs de bovins canadiens — bovins Canadiens a/s Michelle Giasson Secrétaire-trésorier Ayrshire Breeders' Association of Canada — 4865 Boulevard Laurier Ouest Saint Hyacinthe, Québec c/o Linda Ness J2S 3V4, CANADA Executive Director Tél: (450) 774-2775 4865 Boulevard Laurier Ouest., Télec: (450) 774-9775 Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec E-mail: [email protected] J2S 3V4, CANADA Web: http://www.clrc.ca/canadiancattle.shtml Tel.: (450)778-3535 Fax: (450)778-3531 E-mail: [email protected] Canadian Charolais Association — Charolais cattle Web: http://www.ayrshire-canada.com/ c/o Neil Gillies General Manager 2320-41st Avenue N.E. Canadian Belgian Blue Association — Belgian Blue Calgary, Alberta cattle T2E 6W8, CANADA c/o Ken Miller Tel: (403) 250-9242 Secretary-Treasurer Fax: (403) 291-9324 Box 392 E-mail: [email protected] Avonlea, Saskatchewan Web: http://www.charolais.com S0H 0C0, CANADA Tel: (306) 868-4903 Fax: (306) 868-4903 Canadian Chianina Association — Chianina cattle E-mail: [email protected] (Not active) Web: http://www.clrc.ca/belgianblue.html Web: http://www.clrc.ca/chianina.shtml

Canadian Association — Dexter Canadian Blonde d’Aquitaine Association — cattle Blonde d’Aquitaine cattle c/o Ron Black c/o Canadian Records Corporation Secretary 2417 Holly Lane 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario K1V 0M7, CANADA K1V OM7, CANADA Tel: 613-731-7110 Tel: (613) 731-7110 Fax: 613-731-0704 Fax: (613) 731-0704 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.canadianblondeassociation.ca/ Web: http://www.dextercattle.ca 27.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/17

Canadian Galloway Association — Canadian Society — Highland c/o Ron Black cattle Secretary-Treasurer c/o Terri Barr 2417 Holly Lane Secretary-Manager Ottawa, Ontario 70209 Evergreen Line, Rural Route #3 K1V 0M7, CANADA Exeter, Ontario Tel: (613) 731-7110 ext. 303 N0M 1S5, CANADA Fax: (613) 731-0704 Tel: (519) 229-6220 (Terri Barr) E-mail: [email protected] (819) 728-2441 (Ghislain Falardeau) Web: http://www.galloway.ca Fax: (519) 229-6220 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.chcs.ca

Canadian Gelbvieh Association — Gelbvieh cattle c/o Wendy G. Belcher Holstein Association of Canada — Holstein cattle Secretary/Manager c/o Keith Flaman 109, 2116-27th Avenue N.E. Secretary Manager Calgary, Alberta P.O. Box 610 T2E 7A6, CANADA 20 Corporate Place Tel: (403) 250-8640 Brantford, Ontario Fax: (403) 291-5624 N3T 5R4, CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (519) 756-8300 Web: http://www.gelbvieh.ca/ Fax: (519) 756-5878 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.holstein.ca/ Canadian Guernsey Association — c/o Nellie Endeman Secretary-Manager Jersey Canada — Rural Route #5, Highway 6 North c/o Russell G. Gammon Guelph, Ontario Secretary-Manager N1H 6J2, CANADA 350 Speedvale West, Unit 9 Tel: (519) 836-2141 Guelph, Ontario Fax: (519) 763-6582 N1H 7M7, CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (519) 821-1020 Web: http://www.guernseycanada.ca/ Fax: (519) 821-2723 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.jerseycanada.com/

Canadian Hays Converter Association — Hays Converter cattle Canadian Limousin Association — Limousin cattle c/o Terri Worms c/o Barb Judd Secretary-Manager Office Manager 201-1600 15 Avenue S.W. #13 - 4101 - 19 Street NE Calgary, Alberta Calgary, Alberta T3C 0Y2, CANADA T2E 7C4, CANADA Tel: (403) 245-6923 Tel: (403) 253-7309 Fax: (403) 244-3128 Fax: (403) 253-1704 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.clrc.ca/haysconverter.shtml Web: http://www.limousin.com/

Canadian Hereford Association — Canadian Lowline Cattle Association — Lowline c/o Gordon Stephenson cattle General-Manager c/o Darrell Gotaas 5160 Skyline Way N.E. President Calgary, Alberta 1625-184th St., Edmonton, Alberta T2E 6V1, CANADA T6M 2R1, CANADA Tel: (403) 275-2662 Tel: (780) 486-7553 Fax: (403) 295-1333 Fax: (780) 487-0872 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.hereford.ca/ Web: http://www.canadianlowline.com/ L 224/18 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.8.2009

Canadian Association — Luing cattle Lacombe, Alberta c/o Iain Aitken T0C 1S0, CANADA Secretary-Treasurer Tel: (403)782-2657 Blacketlees Farm, Rural Route 4 Fax: (403)782-6166 Rimbey, Alberta Web: http://www.clrc.ca/piedmontese.shtml T0C 2J0, CANADA Tel: (403) 843-0094 Fax: (403) 843-0094 Canadian Pinzgauer Association — Pinzgauer cattle Web: http://www.clrc.ca/luing.shtml c/o Rob Smith President Rural Route #2 Site 16, Box 8 Canadian Maine-Anjou Association — Olds, Alberta Maine-Anjou cattle T4H 1P3, CANADA Heather Hartman Tel: (403) 507-2255 Office Manager Fax: (403) 507-8583 5160 Skyline Way N.E. E-mail: [email protected] Calgary, Alberta Web: http://www.pinzgauer.ca/ T2E 6V1, CANADA Tel: (403) 291-7077 Fax: (403) 291-0274 Canadian Cattle Association — Red Poll E-mail: [email protected] cattle Web: http://www.maine-anjou.ca/ c/o Ronald K. Black Secretary-Treasurer 2417 Holly Lane Canadian Marchigiana Association (Romark) — Ottawa, Ontario Marchigiana cattle K1V 0M7, CANADA (Not active) Tel: (613) 731-7110 ext. 303 Fax: (613) 731-0704 Canadian Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel Association — E-Mail: [email protected] Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel cattle Web: http://www.clrc.ca/redpoll.shtml (Not active)

Canadian Romagnola Association (Romark) — Canadian Murray Grey Association — Murray Romagnola cattle Grey cattle (Not active) c/o Barb Groves Secretary Box 2093 Salers Association of Canada — Salers cattle Stettler, Alberta c/o Kathy Adams T0C 2L0, CANADA Secretary Manager Tel: (403) 742-3843 Suite 1, 517 - 10 Ave. South Fax: (403) 742-3843 Carstairs, Alberta E-mail: [email protected] T0M 0N0, CANADA Web: http://www.cdnmurraygrey.ca/ Tel: (403) 337-5851 Fax: (403) 337-3143 North American Association E-mail: [email protected] c/o Lynne Van Beek Web: http://www.salerscanada.com/ 109 Pothier Road St. Charles, Ontario P0M 2W0, CANADA Canadian Association — Shorthorn cattle Tel: (705) 867-2291 c/o Belinda Wagner Fax: (705) 897-0127 Secretary-Treasurer E-mail: [email protected] Box 3771 Web: http://www.clrc.ca/lincolnred.shtml Canada Centre Bldg. Exhibition Park Regina, Saskatchewan Canadian Piedmontese Association — Piedmontese S4P 3N8, CANADA cattle Tel: (306) 757-2212 c/o Emma Den Oudsten Fax: (306) 525-5852 Secretary E-mail: [email protected] Rural Route #3 Web: http://www.canadianshorthorn.com/ 27.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/19

Canadian Simmental Association — Simmental Canadian Society — Welsh cattle Black cattle 1972 c/o Barb Judd c/o Ron Black Office Manager 2417 Holly Lane #13, 4101-19th Street N.E. Ottawa, Ontario Calgary, Alberta K1V 0M7, CANADA T2E 7C4, CANADA Tel: (613) 731-7110 ext. 303 Tel: (403) 250-7979 Fax: (613) 731-0704 Fax: (403) 250-5121 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.clrc.ca/welshblack.shtml Web: http://www.simmental.com/

Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (Société Canadienne d’Enregistrement des Animaux) — Canadian South Devon Association — South [General Stud and Herd Book: Bovine] — Devon Devon cattle cattle (North Devon), Norwegian Red cattle, c/o Gloria Bigalky Parthenais cattle, Rouge Flamande cattle, Aubrac Secretary-Treasurer cattle, Gasconne cattle, Brahman cattle, Normande Box 68 cattle, Eringer cattle, , Santa Gertrudis Lipton, Saskatchewan cattle S0G 3B0, CANADA 2417 Holly Lane Tel: (306)336-2666 Ottawa, Ontario Fax: (306) 646-4460 K1V 0M7, CANADA Email: [email protected] Tel: (613) 731-7110 Web: http://www.southdevon.ca/ Fax: (613) 731-0704 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.clrc.ca

Canadian Speckle Park Cattle Association — Speckle Park cattle Species: caprine c/o Julianne Sage, CEO Box 5032 Canadian Meat Association — Boer Spruce Grove, Alberta c/o Allison Taylor T7X 3A2, CANADA P.O. Box 314 Tel: (403) 934-2286 Lancaster, Ontario Fax: TBA K0C 1N0, CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (613) 525-5500 Web: http://www.specklepark.ca/ Fax.: (613) 525-5200 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.canadianmeatgoat.com/ Canadian Tarentaise Association — Tarentaise cattle 1973 c/o Rosalyn Harris Canadian Goat Society — Angora, Toggenburg, Secretary - Treasurer Nubian, Saanen, Alpine, Pygmy, Oberhasli, La Box 1156 Mancha, Nigerian Dwarf Shellbrook, Saskatchewan c/o Sharon Hunt S0G 2E0, CANADA Secretary-Manager Fax: 2417 Holly Lane E-mail: [email protected] Ottawa, Ontario Web: http://www.tarentaise.ca/ K1V OM7, CANADA Tel: (613) 731-9894 Fax: (613) 731-0704 E-mail: [email protected] Canadian Wagyu Association — Wagyu cattle 1993 Web: http://www.goats.ca c/o Patrick McCarthy President Species: Ovine 3501 - 57 St. Camrose, Alberta Canadian Finnsheep Breeders' Association — T4V 4N2, CANADA Finnish Landrace (Finnsheep) Tel: (780) 672-2990 Kathy Playdon (Interim President) Fax: (780) 672-6085 Box 10, Site 10 E-mail: [email protected] R.R. #4 Web: http://www.canadianwagyu.ca/index.htm Stony Plain, Alberta L 224/20 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.8.2009

T0E 2G0, CANADA Fax: (506) 328-8165 Tel: (780) 963-0416 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.clrc.ca/finnsheep.shtml Web: http://sheepbreeders.ca/

Canadian Katahdin Sheep Association — Katahdin Species: Porcine sheep c/o Ron Black Canadian Potbellied Pet Pig Registry — Potbellied Secretary-Treasurer Pig 2417 Holly Lane (Not active) Ottawa, Ontario K1V OM7, CANADA Canadian Swine Breeders' Association — Tel: (613) 731-7110 Berkshire, , Chester White, Duroc, Fax: (613) 731-0704 Hampshire, Lacombe, Landrace, Large Black, Pietrain, E-mail: [email protected] Poland China, Red Wattle, Spotted, Tamworth, Welsh, Web: http://www.katahdinsheep.com/ Yorkshire c/o Brian Sullivan Central Experimental Farm Canadian Sheep Breeders' Association — Building 54, Maple Drive Blackface, Berrichon du Cher, Border Cheviot, Ottawa, Ontario , British Milk Sheep, Canadian K1A 0C6, CANADA Arcott, Charollais, Clun Forest, Columbia, Coopworth, Corriedale, Cotswold, DLS, Dorper, Tel: (613) 233-8872 ext. 23 Dorset, Drysdale, East Friesian , Est à Laine Fax: (613) 233-8903 Merino, Hampshire, English Leicester, Hexham E-mail: [email protected] Leicester, Icelandic, Île de France, Jacob, Karakul, Web: http://www.canswine.ca/ Kerry Hill, Lacaune Dairy Sheep, Lincoln, Marshall Romney, Merino, Montadale, North Country Cheviot, Outaouais Arcott, Oxford, Perendale, Polypay, Rambouillet, Rideau Arcott, Romanov, Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (Société Romnelet, Romney, Rouge de L’Ouest, , canadienne d’enregistrement des animaux) — Shetland, Shropshire, Southdown, South African [General Stud and Herd Book: Porcine] — Meat Merino, Suffolk, Targhee, Texel GP1025, GP1075, GP1125 c/o Cathy Gallivan 2417 Holly Lane Secretary-Treasurer Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Sheep Breeders' Association K1V 0M7, CANADA 1489 Route 560, Tel: (613) 731-7110 Deerville, New Brunswick Fax: (613) 731-0704 E7K 1W7, CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (506) 328-3599 (h) Web: http://www.clrc.ca’