Article 3 of this Decision shall apply from 1 July 2017.
For a transitional period until 31 December 2017, consignments of semen of ovine and caprine animals, accompanied by a health certificate issued in accordance with the model set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU, as applicable before the amendments made by this Decision, shall be authorised for importation into the Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 30 November 2017.