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Veterinary certificate to EU

Part I: Details of dispatched consignment

I.1. Consignor

Name

Address

Tel.

I.2. Certificate reference No

I.2.a.

I.3. Central competent authority

I.4. Local competent authority

I.5. Consignee

Name

Address

Postal code

Tel.

I.6. Person responsible for the load in EU

Name

Address

Postal code

Tel.

I.7. Country of origin

ISO code

I.8. Region of origin

Code

I.9. Country of destination

ISO code

I.10. Region of destination

Code

I.11. Place of origin

Name Approval number

Address

I.12. Place of destination

Name

Address

Postal code

I.13. Place of loading

I.14. Date of departure

I.15. Means of transport

Aeroplane Ship Railway wagon

Road vehicle Other

Identification

Documentary references

I.16. Entry BIP in EU

I.17.

I.18. Description of commodity

I.19. Commodity code (HS code)

05 11 10

I.20. Quantity

I.21.

I.22. Number of packages

I.23. Seal/Container No

I.24.

I.25. Commodities certified for:

Artificial reproduction

I.26. For transit through EU to third country

Third country ISO code

I.27. For import or admission into EU

I.28. Identification of the commodities

Species

(Scientific name)

Donor/s identity

Identification of straw/s

Date/s of collection

Quantity

Information relating to

BT (6)

EHD (7)

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Bovine semen — Section A

II. Health information

II.a. Certificate reference No

II.b.

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that:

II.1.

(name of exporting country or part thereof) (2)

was free from rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease during the 12 months immediately prior to collection of the semen for export and until its date of dispatch to the Union and no vaccination against these diseases has taken place during the same period.

II.2. The centre (3) described in Box. I.11. at which the semen to be exported was collected:

II.2.1. meets the conditions laid down in Chapter I(1) of Annex A to Directive 88/407/EEC;

II.2.2. is operated and supervised in accordance with the conditions laid down in Chapter II(1) of Annex A to Directive 88/407/EEC.

II.3. The centre at which the semen to be exported was collected was free from rabies, tuberculosis, brucellosis, anthrax and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia during 30 days prior to the date of collection of the semen to be exported and the 30 days after collection (in the case of fresh semen until the day of dispatch to the Union).

II.4. The bovine animals standing at the semen collection centre:

(8) II.4.1. come from herds which satisfy the conditions of paragraph 1(b) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC;

II.4.2. come from herds or were born to dams which comply with the conditions of paragraph 1(c) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC, or were tested at the age of at least 24 months in accordance with paragraph 1(c) of Chapter II of Annex B to that Directive;

II.4.3. underwent the tests required in accordance with paragraph 1(d) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC in the 28 days preceding the quarantine isolation period;

II.4.4. have satisfied the quarantine isolation period and testing requirements laid down in paragraph 1(e) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC;

II.4.5. have undergone, at least once a year, the routine tests referred to in Chapter II of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC.

II.5. The semen to be exported was obtained from donor bulls which:

II.5.1. satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex C of Directive 88/407/EEC;

(1) either [II.5.2. have remained in the exporting country for at least the last six months prior to collection of the semen to be exported;

(1) or [II.5.2. have remained in the exporting country for at least 30 days prior to the collection of the semen since entry and they were imported from (2) during the period of less than six months prior to the collection of the semen and satisfied the animal health conditions applying to donors of the semen which is intended for export to the European Union;]

II.5.3. comply with at least one of the following conditions as regards bluetongue, as detailed in the table in point I.28.:

(1) either [II.5.3.1. were kept in a bluetongue virus-free country or zone for at least 60 days prior to, and during, collection of the semen;]

(1) and/or [II.5.3.2. were kept during a bluetongue virus seasonally free period in a seasonally free zone for at least 60 days prior to, and during, collection of the semen;]

(1) and/or [II.5.3.3. were kept in a vector-protected establishment for at least 60 days prior to, and during, collection of the semen;]

(1) and/or [II.5.3.4. were subjected to a serological test for the detection of antibody to the bluetongue virus serogroup, carried out in accordance with the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, with negative results, at least every 60 days throughout the collection period and between 21 and 60 days after the final collection for this consignment of semen;]

Part II: Certification

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Bovine semen — Section A

II. Health information

II.a. Certificate reference No

II.b.

(1) and/or [II.5.3.5. were subjected to an agent identification test for bluetongue virus, carried out in accordance with the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, with negative results, on blood samples taken at commencement and final collection for this consignment of semen and at least every 7 days (virus isolation test) or at least every 28 days, if carried out as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), during collection for this consignment of semen;]

II.5.4. comply with at least one of the following conditions as regards epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD), as detailed in the table in point I.28:

(1) either [II.5.4.1. were resident in the exporting country which according to official findings is free from epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD);]

(1) (5) and/or [II.5.4.2. were resident in the exporting country in which according to official findings the following serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) exist: and were subjected with negative results in each case to the following tests carried out in an approved laboratory:

(1) either [II.5.4.2.1. a serological test (4) for the detection of antibody to the EHD virus serogroup, carried out on samples of blood taken on two occasions not more than 12 months apart prior to and not less than 21 days following collection for this consignment of semen;]]

(1) and/or [II.5.4.2.2. a serological test (4) for the detection of antibody to the EHD virus serogroup, carried out on samples taken at intervals of not more than 60 days throughout the collection period and between 21 and 60 days after the final collection for this consignment of semen.]]

(1) and/or [II.5.4.2.3. an agent identification test (4) carried out on blood samples collected at commencement and conclusion of, and at least every 7 days (virus isolation test) or at least every 28 days, if carried out as PCR, during collection for this consignment of semen.]]

II.6. The semen to be exported was collected after the date on which the centre was approved by the competent national authorities of the exporting country.

II.7. The semen to be exported was processed, stored and transported under conditions which satisfy the terms of Directive 88/407/EEC.

Notes

Part I:

Box I.6: Person responsible for the load in the EU: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

Box I.11: Place of origin shall correspond to the semen collection centre listed in accordance with Article 9(2) of Directive 88/407/EEC on the Commission website:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/semen_ova/bovine/index_en.htm and where the semen was collected.

Box I.22: Number of packages shall correspond to the number of containers.

Box I.23: Identification of container and seal number shall be indicated.

Box I.26: Fill in according to whether it is a transit or an import certificate.

Box I.27: Fill in according to whether it is a transit or an import certificate.

Box I.28: Species: select amongst ‘Bos taurus’, ‘Bison bison’ or ‘Bubalus bubalis’ as appropriate.

Donor identity shall correspond to the official identification of the animal.

Date of collection shall be indicated in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy.

Quantity shall correspond to the number of straws of semen collected on a particular date from an identified donor bull complying with particular conditions for bluetongue and EHD.

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Bovine semen — Section A

II. Health information

II.a. Certificate reference No

II.b.

Part II:

(1) Delete as necessary.

(2) Only third countries or parts thereof listed in Annex I to Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU.

(3) Only semen collection centres listed in accordance with Article 9(2) of Directive 88/407/EEC on the Commission website:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/semen_ova/bovine/index_en.htm.

(4) Standards for EHD virus diagnostic tests are described in the Bluetongue Chapter (2.1.3) of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals.

(5) Compulsory for Australia, Canada and the United States.

(6) Referring to each straw or batch of straws indicate applicable condition (for example II.5.3.1).

(7) Referring to each straw or batch of straws indicate applicable condition (for example II.5.4.1 or II.5.4.2.1).

(8) For New Zealand, appearing with the entry ‘XII’ in column 6 of Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 (OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1), officially tuberculosis-free bovine herds shall be considered equivalent to officially tuberculosis-free bovine herds in the Member States recognised based on the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex A.I to Council Directive 64/432/EEC.

— The signature and the stamp must be in a different colour to that of the printing.

Official veterinarian

Name (in capital letters): Qualification and title:

Date: Signature:

Stamp: