S.L. 437.102 Art. 6Admission or otherwise of imports of semen from Member States subject to an animal health certificate. S.L. 437.38

(1) The competent authority shall ensure that each consignment of semen is accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the specimen in Schedule

IV by an official veterinarian of the Member State of collection.

(2) This certificate shall:

(a) be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member State of collection and one of those of the Member State of destination;

(b) accompany the consignment to its destination in its original form;

(c) be drawn up on a single sheet of paper; and

(d) be made out to a single consignee.

(3) In addition to measures provided for in regulation 8 of the Veterinary and Zootechnical Checks applicable in Trade with Member States in certain Live Animals and Products Regulations, concerning checks carried out at the place of destination of a consignment or during transport, the competent authority may -

(a) where the presence of agents responsible for a disease is established by the competent authority, or a zoonosis or a disease, or any cause is likely to constitute a serious hazard to animals or humans; or

(b) in the case of products coming from a region contaminated by an epizootic disease, whereby the competent authority shall order that the animal or consignment of animals be put in quarantine at the nearest quarantine station or slaughtered and, or destroyed, take the necessary measures, including storage in quarantine, provided this does not affect the viability of the semen, in order to obtain definite proof in cases where semen is suspected of being infected or contaminated by pathogenic organisms.