2007 No. 3167
The Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations under powers conferred by that section.
Citation, commencement and application1
These Regulations—
a
may be cited as the Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007;
b
come into force on 7th December 2007; and
c
apply only in England.
Amendments2
1
The Zootechnical Standards Regulations 19923 are amended as follows.
2
After regulation 5, add—
Collection, processing and storage of semen6
1
A recognised organisation shall ensure that semen referred to in Article 2 of the 1987 Directive which is intended for intra-Community trade—
a
is collected and processed at an EC collection centre; and
b
stored at an EC storage centre.
2
A recognised organisation which fails to comply with paragraph (1) may have its recognition withdrawn by the Secretary of State by notice in writing at any time.
3
In this regulation—
“the 1987 Directive” means Council Directive 87/328/EEC4 on the acceptance for breeding purposes of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species; and
“EC collection centre” and “EC storage centre” have the meanings given in the Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 20075.
3
For Part V of Schedule 3, substitute—
PART VCRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE FOR BREEDING PURPOSES
Recognised organisations shall accept for breeding purposes bovines, and use ova and embryos, which satisfy the criteria specified in Council Directive 87/328/EEC on the acceptance for breeding purposes of pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)