Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.

Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.

Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Decision.

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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.