Council Directive of 26 June 1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (90/429/EEC)

Article 3 U.K.

Each Member State shall ensure that only semen, meeting the following general conditions, is intended for trade:

(a)

it must have been collected and processed, for the purpose of artifical insemination, in a collection centre approved from the point of view of animal health for the purposes of intra-Community trade in accordance with Article 5 (1);

(b)

it must have been collected from domestic animals of the porcine species whose health status complies with Annex B;

(c)

it must have been collected, processed, stored and transported in accordance with Annexes A and C.