[F1 ANNEX A U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 2003/43/EC of 26 May 2003 amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species.

CHAPTER I U.K. CONDITIONS FOR THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF CENTRES

1. Semen collection centres must: U.K.

(a)

be placed under the permanent supervision of a centre veterinarian authorised by the competent authority;

(b)

have at least:

(i)

animal housing, including isolation facilities;

(ii)

semen collection facilities, including a separate room for the cleaning and disinfection or sterilisation of equipment;

(iii)

a semen processing room which need not necessarily be on the same site;

(iv)

a semen storage room which need not necessarily be on the same site;

(c)

be so constructed or isolated that contact with livestock outside is prevented;

(d)

be so constructed that the animal housing and the semen collecting, processing and storage facilities can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

(e)

have isolation accommodation which has no direct communication with the normal animal accommodation;

(f)

be so designed that the animal accommodation is physically separated from the semen processing room and both are separated from the semen storage room.

2. Semen storage centres must: U.K.

(a)

be placed under the permanent supervision of a centre veterinarian authorised by the competent authority;

(b)

be so constructed or isolated that contact with livestock outside is prevented;

(c)

be so constructed that the storage facilities can be readily cleaned and disinfected.]