Part I: Details of dispatched consignment

COUNTRY

Veterinary certificate to EU

I.1. Consignor

Name

Address

Tel.

I.2. Certificate reference number

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

Name

Approval number

Address

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)

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I.20. Quantity

I.21.

I.22. Number of packages

I.23. Identification of container/Seal number

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)

Identification mark

Quantity

Part II: Certification

COUNTRY

Bovine semen

II.a. Certificate reference number

II. Health information

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that:

II.1. …

(name of exporting country) (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 and no vaccination against these diseases has taken place during the same period.

II.2. The centre 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 Council 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 Council 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).

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

II.4.1. come from herds and/or were born to dams which satisfy the conditions of paragraph 1(b) and (c) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC;

II.4.2. 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.4.3. 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.4.4. 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;

II.5.2. have remained

(1) either [in the exporting country for at least the last six months prior to collection of the semen to be exported;]

(1) or [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 Community;]

II.5.3. fulfil the import conditions for bovine semen laid down in the Bluetongue Chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE, depending on the status of the country or zone of residence;

II.5.4. were resident in the exporting country,

II.5.4.1.

(1) either [II.5.4.1.1. which according to official findings is free from epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD);]

(1) or [II.5.4.1.2. in which according to official findings the following serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) exist: … and were tested negative on two occasions not more than 12 months apart to an agar-gel immuno-diffusion test (3) and to a virus neutralisation test for all above-listed serotypes of EHD, carried out in approved laboratory on samples of blood taken prior to and not less than 21 days following collection of the semen;];

COUNTRY

Bovine semen

II.5.4.2.

(1) either [5.4.2.1. which according to official findings is free from Akabane disease and Aino disease;]

(1) or [5.4.2.2. and were tested negative on two occasions not more than 12 months apart to a serum neutralisation test for Akabane virus and Aino virus carried out in approved laboratory on samples of blood taken prior to and not less than 21 days following collection of the 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 reference I.6: Person responsible for the load in EU: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

Box reference I.12: Place of destination: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

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

Box reference I.26 and I.27: fill in according to whether it is a transit or an import certificate.

Box reference I.28: identification mark shall correspond to the identification of the donor animals and the date of collection.

Part II:

(1) Delete as necessary.

(2) Countries listed in Annex I to Decision 2004/639/EC.

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

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:

Place:

Signature:

Stamp

Part I: Details of dispatched consignment

COUNTRY

Veterinary certificate to EU

I.1. Consignor

Name

Address

Tel.

I.2. Certificate reference number

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

Name

Approval number

Address

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)

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I.20. Quantity

I.21.

I.22. Number of packages

I.23. Identification of container/Seal number

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)

Identification mark

Quantity

Part II: Certification

COUNTRY

Bovine semen

II.a. Certificate reference number

II. Health information

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that:

II.1. …

(name of exporting country) (2)

has been 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 and no vaccination against these diseases has taken place during the same period.

II.2. The semen described above was collected before 31 December 2004 at the semen collection centre which:

II.2.1. meets the conditions laid down in Chapter I 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 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 the period commencing 30 days prior to the date of collection of the semen to be exported and the 30 days after collection.

II.4. At the time semen described above was collected, all bovine animals standing at the semen collection centre:

II.4.1. came from herds and/or were born to dams which satisfy the conditions of paragraph 1(b) and (c) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC;

II.4.2. had tested negative, within the 30 days preceding the quarantine isolation period, to:

the tests referred to in points 1(d)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC, and

a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis, and

a virus isolation test (fluorescent antibody test or immunoperoxidase test) for bovine viral diarrhoea, deferred until the animal reached the age of six months in the case of younger animals;

II.4.3. had undergone the 30-day quarantine isolation period and had tested negative to the following health tests:

a serological test for brucellosis carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC;

either an immunofluorescent antibody test or a culture test for Campylobacter fetus infection on a sample of preputial material or artificial vagina washings, or, in the case of a female animal, a vaginal mucus agglutination test;

a microscopic examination and culture test for Trichomonas foetus on a sample of preputial material or artificial vagina washings, or in the case of a female animal a vaginal mucus agglutination test;

II.4.4. had tested negative, at least once a year, to the routine tests referred to in points 1(a), (b) and (c) of Chapter II of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC.

II.5. At the time the semen described above was collected,

II.5.1. all female bovine animals in the centre had tested negative at least once a year to a vaginal mucus agglutination test for Campylobacter fetus infection, and

II.5.2. all bulls used for semen production had tested negative either to an immunofluorescent antibody test or to a culture test for Campylobacter fetus infection on a sample of preputial material or artificial vagina washings carried out in 12 months prior to collection.

II.6. The semen to be exported was obtained from donor bulls which

II.6.1. satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex C of Directive 88/407/EEC;

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Bovine semen

II.6.2.

(1) either [were resident in the exporting country during the six months immediately prior to collection of the semen for export;]

(1) or [were imported from … (2) after spending less than six months in the exporting country and at the time of import satisfied the animal health conditions applying to donors of the semen which is intended for export to the Community;]

II.6.3. stand in a semen collection centre at which:

(1) either [all bovine animals were not vaccinated against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and tested negative at least once a year to a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis;]

(1) or [bovine animals not vaccinated against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis tested negative, at least once a year, to a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis, at which testing for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis was not carried out on bulls which had received their first vaccination against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis at the insemination centre after they had tested negative to a serum neutralisation test or an ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis and which had been regularly re-vaccinated at intervals of not more than six months since the first vaccination;]

II.6.4.

(1) either [have not been vaccinated against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis,]

(1) or [have been vaccinated against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in accordance with point II.6.3,]

II.6.5. fulfil the import conditions for bovine semen laid down in the Bluetongue Chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE, depending on the status of the country or zone of residence;****

II.6.6. were resident in the country of export in which the following serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) exist: …: and tested negative on two occasions not more than 12 months apart to an agar-gel immuno-diffusion test (3) and to a virus neutralisation test for all above-listed serotypes of EHD, carried out in approved laboratory on samples of blood taken prior to and not less than 21 days following collection of the semen;***

II.6.7. were resident in the country of export in which the following serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) exist: …: and tested negative, prior to entry and at six-monthly intervals, to an agar-gel immuno-diffusion test (3) and a virus neutralisation test for all above-listed serotypes of EHD, carried out in approved laboratory;**

II.6.8. tested negative on two occasions not more than 12 months apart to a serum neutralisation test for Akabane virus carried out in approved laboratory on samples of blood taken prior to and not less than 21 days following collection of the semen.*

II.7. 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.8. The semen to be exported was processed, stored and transported under conditions which satisfy the terms of Directive 88/407/EEC prior to its amendment by Directive 2003/43/EC.

Notes

Part I:

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

Box reference I.12: Place of destination: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

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

Box reference I.26 and I.27: fill in according to whether it is a transit or an import certificate.

Box reference I.28: identification mark shall correspond to the identification of the donor animals and the date of collection that must be prior to 31 December 2004.

COUNTRY

Bovine semen

Part II:

(1) Delete as necessary.

(2) Countries listed in Annex I to Decision 2004/639/EC.

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

**** To be used only by Australia, Canada and the USA.

*** To be used only by Australia and the USA.

** To be used only by Canada.

* To be used only by Australia.

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:

Place:

Signature:

Stamp

Part I: Details of dispatched consignment

COUNTRY

Veterinary certificate to EU

I.1. Consignor

Name

Address

Tel.

I.2. Certificate reference number

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 consignment 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

Name

Approval number

Address

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. No(s) of related original certificates

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. Identification of container/Seal number

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)

Identification mark

Quantity

Part II: Certification

COUNTRY

Bovine semen

II.a. Certificate reference number

II. Health information

I, the undersigned official veterinarian of …, hereby certify that:

(name of exporting country) (2)

II.1. The centre at which the semen to be exported to the Community was stored:

(1) either [II.1.1 meets the conditions laid down in Chapter I(1) of Annex A to Directive 88/407/EEC;

and II.1.2 is operated and supervised in accordance with the conditions laid down in Chapter II(1) of Annex A to Council Directive 88/407/EEC.]

(1) or [II.1.1 meets the conditions laid down in Chapter I(2) of Annex A to Directive 88/407/EEC;

and II.1.2 is operated and supervised in accordance with the conditions laid down in Chapter II(2) of Annex A to Council Directive 88/407/EEC.]

II.2. The semen to be exported to the Community:

II.2.1. has been collected, processed and stored for a minimum period of 30 days immediately following collection in an approved semen collection centre (3) operated and supervised in accordance with Chapter I(1) and Chapter II(1) of Annex A to Directive 88/407/EEC, and

(1) either [located in the exporting country;]

(1) and/or [located in … (2),

and has been imported to the exporting country under conditions at least as strict as for imports of semen of bovine species into the Community in accordance with Directive 88/407/EEC,]

II.2.2. was stored under conditions which satisfy the terms of Directive 88/407/EEC;

II.2.3. was sent to the place of loading in a sealed container under conditions which comply with Directive 88/407/EEC and bearing the number detailed in Part I.23.

Notes

Part I:

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

Box reference I.12: Place of destination: this box is to be filled in only if it is a certificate for transit commodity.

Box reference I.17: should correspond to the serial number of the individual official document(s) or health certificate(s) that accompanied the semen described above from the approved semen collection centre of its origin to the described above semen storage centre. The original(s) of those document(s) or those certificate(s) or the officially endorsed copies of thereof must be attached to this certificate.

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

Box reference I.26 and I.27: fill in according to whether it is a transit or an import certificate.

Box reference I.28: identification mark shall correspond to the identification of the donor animals and the date of collection.

COUNTRY

Bovine semen

Part II:

(1) Delete as necessary.

(2) Countries listed in Annex I to Decision 2004/639/EC and the Member States.

(3) Only centres listed in accordance with Article 5(2) and 9(1) of Directive 88/407/EEC

http://circa.europa.eu/irc/sanco/vets/info/data/semen/semen.html

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:

Stamp

Place:

Signature: