Council Directive of 26 June 1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (90/429/EEC)

[F1 ANNEX C U.K. Conditions for semen collected at a semen collection centre and intended for intra-Union trade

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 176/2012 of 1 March 2012 amending Annexes B, C and D to Council Directive 90/429/EEC as regards animal health requirements for brucellosis and Aujeszky’s disease (Text with EEA relevance).

1. Semen must be obtained from animals which: U.K.

(a)

show no clinical signs of disease on the date the semen is collected;

(b)

have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease;

(c)

satisfy the requirements of Chapter I of Annex B;

(d)

are not allowed to serve naturally;

(e)

are kept in semen collection centres which must not be situated in a restricted area defined under the provisions of Union legislation due to the emergence of an infectious or contagious disease in domestic pigs, including foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis, classical swine fever and African swine fever;

(f)

are kept in semen collection centres in which no clinical, serological, virological or pathological evidence of Aujeszky’s disease has been detected in the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of collection.

2. An effective combination of antibiotics, in particular against leptospires, must be added to the semen after final dilution or to the diluent. U.K.

In the case of frozen semen, antibiotics must be added before the semen is frozen.

2.1. The combination of antibiotics referred to in point 2 must produce an effect at least equivalent to the following concentration in the final diluted semen: U.K.

(a)

not less than 500 μg streptomycin per ml final dilution;

(b)

not less than 500 IU penicillin per ml final dilution;

(c)

not less than 150 μg lincomycin per ml final dilution;

(d)

not less than 300 μg spectinomycin per ml final dilution.

2.2. Immediately after the addition of the antibiotics, the diluted semen must be kept at a temperature of at least 15 °C for a period of not less than 45 minutes. U.K.

3. Semen intended for intra-Union trade must: U.K.

(a)

be stored as laid down in point 2(d) of Chapter I and point 6(a), (b), (e) and (f) of Chapter II of Annex A prior to dispatch;

(b)

be transported to the Member State of destination in flasks which have been cleaned and disinfected or sterilised before use and which have been sealed prior to dispatch from the semen collection centre.

4. Member States may refuse admission of semen from semen collection centres where animals vaccinated against Aujeszky’s disease are admitted, to their territory or to a region of their territory, when it has been recognised as free of Aujeszky’s disease in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC. U.K.

Member States intending to avail of the provisions in the first paragraph shall inform the Commission and the other Member States prior to their application.]