Commission Implementing Decision of 1 March 2012 on imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (notified under document C(2012) 1148) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/137/EU)

[F1 Article 2a U.K. Conditions for listing of semen collection centres

1. The appropriate authority must only authorise imports of semen dispatched from a semen collection centre—

(a) situated in [F2 such third country listed in Annex 1 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article];

(b) in respect of which the competent authority of the third country concerned is able to guarantee that:

(i) the semen collection centre meets the standards described in paragraph 2; and

(ii) the competent authority's approval of the semen collection centre will be immediately suspended or withdrawn if that semen collection centre does not meet the standards described in paragraph 2;

(c) where the appropriate authority is satisfied that the conditions in paragraphs 3 and 4 are met.

2. The standards are that the semen collection centre—

(a) meets conditions that are at least equivalent to those:

(i) for the approval of semen collection centres described in Chapter I of Annex A to Directive 90/429/EEC; and

(ii) relating to the supervision of such centres described in Chapter II of Annex A to Directive 90/429/EEC;

(b) has been approved by that competent authority for exports to Great Britain;

(c) is under the supervision of a veterinarian; and

(d) is subject to inspection by an official veterinarian of the third country concerned at least twice a year.

3. The list of semen collection centres that the competent authority of the third country has approved in accordance with the standards described in paragraph 2, and from which semen may be dispatched to Great Britain, has been communicated to the appropriate authority by that competent authority.

4. The suspension or withdrawal of approval of a semen collection centre by the competent authority of the third country will be promptly communicated to the appropriate authority by that competent authority.

5. Each appropriate authority must provide the other appropriate authorities with any new or updated lists received from a competent authority of a third country in accordance with this Article and must make any such lists available to the public for information purposes.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 62(4) (with regs. 69-71)

F2 Words in Art. 2a(1)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 14(4)