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Commission Decision of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2007/552/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 3901) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/554/EC), Article 6 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 October 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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1.The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova and embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates (‘semen, ova and embryos’) from the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II.
2.The prohibitions set out in paragraphs 1 shall not apply to:
(a)semen, ova and embryos produced before 15 July 2007;
(b)frozen bovine and porcine semen and bovine embryos imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the conditions laid down in Directives 88/407/EEC, 90/429/EEC and 89/556/EEC respectively, and which since introduction into the United Kingdom have been stored and transported separately from semen and embryos not eligible for dispatch in accordance with paragraph 1.
Before the dispatch of the semen the central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the other Member States and the Commission a list of centres and teams approved for the purpose of application of this paragraph.
3.The health certificate provided for in Directive 88/407/EEC and accompanying frozen bovine semen dispatched from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.
4.The health certificate provided for in Directive 90/429/EEC and accompanying frozen porcine semen dispatched from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Frozen porcine semen conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.
5.The health certificate provided for in Directive 89/556/EEC and accompanying bovine embryos dispatched from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Bovine embryos conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.
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