Article 1
Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
Article 2
Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3
Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Decision.
Article 4
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.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2016.
For the Commission
Vytenis Andriukaitis
Member of the Commission