Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/717Show full title

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down rules for zootechnical certificates for trade in and the entry into the Union of breeding animals and germinal products thereof as provided for in Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012.

Article 2 Zootechnical certificates for trade in purebred breeding animals and their germinal products and in hybrid breeding pigs and their germinal products

1. For trade in purebred breeding animals and their germinal products, the information set out in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 to be included in the zootechnical certificates accompanying consignments of those commodities shall be presented in accordance with the model forms set out in the following Sections of Annex I to this Regulation:

(a) Section A for purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species;

(b) Section B for semen of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species;

(c) Section C for oocytes of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species;

(d) Section D for embryos of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species.

2. For trade in hybrid breeding pigs and their germinal products, the information set out in Parts 1 and 3 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 to be included in the zootechnical certificates accompanying consignments of those commodities shall be presented in accordance with the model forms set out in the following Sections of Annex II to this Regulation:

(a) Section A for hybrid breeding pigs;

(b) Section B for semen of hybrid breeding pigs;

(c) Section C for oocytes of hybrid breeding pigs;

(d) Section D for embryos of hybrid breeding pigs.

Article 3 Zootechnical certificates for the entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals and their germinal products and of hybrid breeding pigs and their germinal products

1. For the entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals and their germinal products, the information set out in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 to be included in the zootechnical certificates accompanying consignments of those commodities shall be presented in accordance with the model forms set out in the following Sections of Annex III to this Regulation:

(a) Section A for purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species;

(b) Section B for semen of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species;

(c) Section C for oocytes of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species;

(d) Section D for embryos of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species.

2. For entry into the Union of hybrid breeding pigs and their germinal products, the information set out in Parts 1 and 3 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 to be included in the zootechnical certificates accompanying consignments of those commodities shall be presented in accordance with the model forms set out in the following Sections of Annex IV to this Regulation:

(a) Section A for hybrid breeding pigs;

(b) Section B for semen of hybrid breeding pigs;

(c) Section C for oocytes of hybrid breeding pigs;

(d) Section D for embryos of hybrid breeding pigs.

Article 4 Entry into force and applicability

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 November 2018.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 April 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker