COMMISSION DECISION of 22 April 1996 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (Text with EEA relevance) (96/312/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 imports from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by Directive 94/113/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/452/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 96/97/EC (4), establishes lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community;
Whereas the competent authorities of the United States of America have forwarded amendments to their list of embryo collection teams;
Whereas it is now necessary to amend the list of approved teams as regards the United States of America;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In part 3 of the Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC, in respect of the United States of America:
(a) the following team is added:
TABLE
(b) the following teams are deleted:
TABLE
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 April 1996.