CHAPTER II

Intra-Community trade
Article 6
1
Member States shall ensure that each consignment of semen is accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the specimen in Annex D by an official veterinarian of the Member State of collection.
This certificate must:
a
be drawn up in at least one of the official languages of the Member State of collection and one of those of the Member State of destination;
b
accompany the consignment to its destination in its original form;
c
be drawn up on a single sheet of paper;
d
be made out to a single consignee.
2
The Member State of destination may, in addition to measures provided for in Article 8 of Directive 90/425/EEC, take the necessary measures, including storage in quarantine, provided this does not affect the viability of the semen, in order to obtain definite proof in cases where semen is suspected of being infected or contamined by pathogenic organisms.