F1Article 2Imports of semen

The appropriate authority must authorise imports of consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species provided that they comply with the following conditions:

(a)

they come from F2such third country listed in Annex I F3, or part thereof, as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article;

(b)

they come from an approved semen collection or storage centre which meets conditions and standards that are at least equivalent to those described in Article 11(2) and (3) of Directive 92/65/EEC;

c)

they are accompanied by the relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time—

  1. (i)

    for consignments of semen dispatched from an approved semen collection centre of origin of the semen; or

  2. (ii)

    for consignments of semen dispatched from an approved semen storage centre; F4...

F5ca)

they comply with any F6conditions that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may require under Article 1a; and

(d)

they comply with the requirements set out in the relevant health certificate.