The Member State on whose territory the semen collection centre is situated shall ensure that the approval provided for in Article 3 (a) is granted only if it meets the conditions of Annex A and satisfies the other provisions of this Directive.

The Member State shall also ensure that the official veterinarian supervises the observance of those provisions. The official veterinarian shall propose that approval be withdrawn when one or more of the provisions is no longer observed.

All semen collection centres shall be registered, each centre being given a veterinary registration number.

Each Member State shall draw up and keep up to date a list of semen collection centres and their veterinary registration numbers and make it available to the other Member States and to the public.

The general rules for applying this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.