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S.I. No. 499/2004 - European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animals, Their Semen, Ova and Embryos) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Table of Provisions (13)
Statutory Text (13 Articles)
1. Member State of provenance and competent authority
2. Health Certificate No.
A. ORIGIN OF SEMEN
3. Approval Number of the centre of provenance of the consignment: collection/storage
(1)
4. Name and address of the centre of provenance of the consignment: collection/storage
(1)
5. Name and Address of the consignor
6. Country and place of loading
7. Means of transport
B. DESTINATION OF SEMEN
8. Member State of destination
9. Name and Address of the consignee
C. IDENTIFICATION OF SEMEN
10.1 Identification mark of the doses
(2)
10.2 Date of collection
(3)
10.3 Number of doses
10.4 Approval number of the collection centre of origin
D. HEALTH INFORMATION
I, undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that
11.1 The semen described above was collected before the date of 31 December 2004 on a semen collection centre which was
(
a
) approved under the conditions laid down in Annex A, Chapter 1, of Directive 88/407/EEC;
(
b
) operated and supervised under the conditions laid down in Annex A, chapter II, of Directive 88/407/EEC.
11.2 At the time the semen described above was collected, all bovine animals at the semen collection centre
(
a
) came from herds and/or were born to dams which satisfy the conditions of points 1(
b
) and (
c
) in Chapter 1 of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC;
(
b
) have, within the 30 days preceding the quarantine isolation period, undergone, with negative results
— the tests required by Annex B, Chapter 1, 1.d(i), (ii), (iii) of Directive 88/407/EEC, and
— a serum neutralization test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis, and
— a virus isolation test (fluorescent antibody test or immunoperoxidase test) for bovine viral diarrhoea, which in the case of an animal less than six months of age has been deferred until that age was reached.
(c) have satisfied the quarantine isolation period of 30 days and have been subjected with the required negative results to the following health tests
— a serological test for brucellosis carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC;
— either an immunofluorescent antibody test or a culture test for campylobacter fetus infection on a sample of preputial material or artificial vagina washings, or, in the case of a female animal, a vaginal mucus agglutination test;
— a microscopic examination and culture test for trichomonas foetus on a sample of preputial material or artificial vagina washings, or in the case of a female animal a vaginal mucus agglutination test.
(
d
) have undergone, at least once a year, with negative results, the routine tests referred to in points 1(
a
), (
b
) and (c) in Chapter 1 of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC.
11.3 At the time the semen described above was collected
(
a
) all female bovine animals in the centre have undergone at least once a year a vaginal mucus agglutination test for campylobacter fetus infection with negative results, and
(
b
) all bulls used for semen production have undergone with negative result either an immunofluorescent antibody test or a culture test for campylobacter fetus infection on a sample of preputial material or artificial vagina washings carried out within 12 months prior to collection.
11.4 The semen described above was collected from bulls standing in a semen collection centre in which
(i) all bovine animals have undergone at least once a year with negative result a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis
(1)
, or
(ii) bovine animals not vaccinated against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis have undergone at least once a year with negative results a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhino-tracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis, and testing for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis is not carried out on bulls which have received a first vaccination against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis at the insemination centre after they have been tested with negative results in a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis and which since the first vaccination have been regularly re-vaccinated with an interval of not more than six months
(1)
.
11.5 The semen described above was collected from bulls
(i) which either have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease within 12 months prior to collection
(1)
; or
(ii) which have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease less than 12 months and more than 30 days prior to collection, and 5% of doses of the semen from each collection, with a minimum of five straws, have been submitted to a virus isolation test for foot-and-mouth disease, carried out with negative results in the laboratorv (...................)
(4)
situated in or designated by the Member State of destination
(1)
.
11.6 The semen was stored in approved conditions for a minimum period of 30 days immediately following collection
(5)
.
11.7 The semen described above was sent to the place of loading in a sealed container and bearing the number..............................................
E. VALIDITY
12. Date and Place
13. Name and qualification of the official veterinarian
14. Signature and stamp of the official veterinarian
Schedule Seven
Regulation 22
“SCHEDULE R
Exemption from accompanying Zootechnical and Veterinary Certification — required under Regulation 20(2).
Name and Address of approved
semen collection centre/semen storage centre
Name and Address of Consignee
Details of semen
Name of Bull
HB Number
Breed
A.I. Code
No. Straws
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
— the following declaration signed by a designated employee of the semen collection centre/semen storage centre
“the semen referred to above was stored at the above named semen collection centre/semen storage centre and has been released for supply to the above named consignee”
Signed
on behalf of approved semen collection centre/semen storage centre
The above Schedule shall accompany delivery of semen to the consignee and shall be retained by the consignee for a period of 2 years.”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of July 2004.
JOE WALSH,
Minister for Agriculture and Food.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Regulations implement into national law, insofar as bovine breeding animals are concerned, the provisions of Council Directive 2003/43/EC amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species.
Copies of the relevant Council Directives and Commission Decisions may be obtained from the Government Publications Sales Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
1
O.J. No. L 206, 12.8.77, p.8.
2
O.J. No. L 167, 26.6.87, p.54.
3
O.J. No. L 194, 22.7.88, p.10.
4
O.J. No. L 302, 19.10.89, p.1.
5
O.J. No. L 71, 17.3.90, p.37.
6
O.J. No. L 224, 18.8.90, p.29.
7
O.J. No. L 85, 5.4.91, p.37.
8
O.J. No. L 175, 19.7.93, p.21.
9
O.J. No. L 186, 28.7.93, p.28.
10
O.J. No. L 178, 12.7.94, p.66.
11
O.J. No. L 143, 11.6.03, p.23.
12
O.J. No. L 125, 12.5.84, p.58.
13
O.J. No. L 237, 5.9.84, p.11.
14
O.J. No. L 101, 17.4.86, p.37.
15
O.J. No. L 232, 20.8.86, p.19.
16
O.J. No. L 62, 8.3.88, p.32.
17
O.J. No. L 53, 24.2.94, p.23.
18
O.J. No. L 207, 10.8.94, p.30.
19
O.J. No. L 37, 7.2.02, p.7.
20
O.J. No. L 30, 4.2.04, p.15.
(1)
Delete as necessary.
(1)
Delete as necessary.
(2)
Corresponding to the identification of the donor animals and date of collection
(3)
Name of the laboratory
(1)
Delete as necessary
(4)
May be delete for fresh semen
(1)
Delete as necessary
(1)
Delete as necessary
(2)
Corresponding to the identification of the donor animals, the breed of the donor animals, the date of collection and the serological status of the donor animal in respect of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis.
(3)
The date of collection must be earlier than 31 December 2004.
(1)
Delete as necessary
(1)
Delete as necessary
(1)
Delete as necessary
(4)
Name of the laboratory.
(1)
Delete as necessary
(5)
May be deleted for fresh semen.”.
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
S.I. No. 499 of 2004
.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TRADE IN BOVINE BREEDING ANIMALS, THEIR SEMEN, OVA AND EMBRYOS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2004.
S.I. No. 499 of 2004
.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TRADE IN BOVINE BREEDING ANIMALS, THEIR SEMEN, OVA AND EMBRYOS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2004.
I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977
1
, Council Directive 87/328/EEC of 18 June 1987
2
, Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988
3
, Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989
4
, Council Directive 90/120/EEC of 5 March 1990
5
, Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990
6
, Council Directive 91/174/EEC of 25 March 1991
7
, Council Directive 93/52/EEC of 24 June 1993
8
, Council Directive 93/60/EEC of 30 June 1993
9
, Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994
10
, Council Directive 2003/43/EC of 26 May 2003
11
, Commission Decision 84/247/EEC of 27 April 1984
12
, Commission Decision 84/419/EEC of 19 July 1984
13
, Commission Decision 86/130/EEC of 11 March 1986
14
, Commission Decision 86/404/EEC of 29 July 1986
15
, Commission Decision 88/124/EEC of 21 January 1988
16
, Commission Decision 94/113/EC of 8 February 1994
17
, Commission Decision 94/515/EC of 27 July 1994
18
, Commission Decision 2002/8/EC of 28 December 2001
19
and Commission Decision 2004/101/EC of 6 January 2004
20
hereby make the following regulations