CHAPTER I U.K. General provisions

Article 1 U.K.

1. This Directive defines the animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of fresh and frozen embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species.

[F1 2. This Directive shall not apply to embryos derived by transfer of nuclei.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 93/52/EEC of 24 June 1993 amending Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species.

Article 2 U.K.

For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC and Article 2 of Directive 72/462/EEC shall apply as necessary.

Moreover:

(a)

‘embryo’ means the initial stage of development of a domestic animal of the bovine species while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;

(b)

‘embryo collection team’ means an officially approved group of technicians or structure supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage of embryos according to the conditions set out in Annex A;

(c)

‘team veterinarian’ means the veterinarian responsible for the supervision of an embryo collection team in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex A;

(d)

‘consignment of embryos’ means a quantity of embryos removed in one operation from a single donor and covered by a single certificate;

(e)

‘country of collection’ means the Member State or third country in which embryos are produced, collected, processed and, where necessary, stored, and from which they are sent to a Member State;

(f)

‘approved diagnostic laboratory’ means a laboratory situated in the territory of a Member State or third country approved by the competent veterinary authority to carry out the diagnostic tests laid down in this Directive[F1 ;]

(g)

‘[F2 embryo production team’ means an officially approved embryo collection team for in vitro fertilization in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant Annex.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 93/52/EEC of 24 June 1993 amending Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species.

F2 Inserted by Council Directive 93/52/EEC of 24 June 1993 amending Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species.