COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION  
of 17 July 2012  
amending Decision 2010/472/EU as regards animal health requirements relating to Simbu viruses 
and epizootic haemorrhagic disease  
(notified under document C(2012) 4831)  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
(2012/411/EU)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union,  
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 
laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and 
imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and 
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down 
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to 
Directive 90/425/EEC (  1 ), and in particular Article 17(2)(b), 
the first indent of Article 18(1), and the introductory phrase 
and point (b) of Article 19 thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Decision 2010/472/EU of 26 August 2010 
on imports of semen, ova and embryos of animals of the 
ovine and caprine species into the Union (  2 ) sets out a list 
of third countries or parts thereof from which Member 
States are to authorise the importation into the Union of 
consignments of semen, ova and embryos of animals of 
the ovine and caprine species. It also lays down 
additional guarantees as regards specific animal diseases 
to be provided by certain third countries or parts thereof 
listed in Annexes I and III thereto and establishes the 
model health certificates for such imports in Part 2 of 
Annexes II and IV thereto.  
(2) The animal health requirements relating to bluetongue in 
the model health certificates set out in Part 2 of Annexes 
II and IV to Decision 2010/472/EU are based on the 
recommendations of Chapter 8.3 of the Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for 
animal Health (OIE) which deals with that disease. That 
Chapter recommends a whole range of risk mitigating 
measures aiming at either protecting the mammalian 
host from exposure to the infectious vector or at inacti ­
vating the virus by antibodies.  
(3) In addition, the OIE has laid down a Chapter on 
Surveillance for arthropod vectors of animal diseases in 
the Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Those recommen ­
dations do not include the monitoring of ruminants for 
antibodies to Simbu viruses, such as the Akabane and 
Aino viruses of the  Bunyaviridae  family, which in the past was considered an economical method for determining 
the distribution of bluetongue competent vectors until 
more information on the spread of those diseases 
became available.  
(4) Also, the OIE does not list Akabane and Aino diseases in 
the Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Consequently, the 
requirement for annual testing for those diseases to 
prove the absence of the vector should be deleted from 
Annexes I and III to Decision 2010/472/EU and from the 
model health certificates set out in Part 2 of Annexes II 
and IV thereto.  
(5) In addition, the animal health requirements for epizootic 
haemorrhagic disease in the model health certificates in 
Part 2 of Annexes II and IV to Decision 2010/472/EU 
are not entirely consistent with the requirements laid 
down in Commission Implementing Decision 
2011/630/EU of 20 September 2011 on imports into 
the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine 
species (  3 ) and the recommendations of the Manual of 
Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of 
the OIE. Those model health certificates should therefore 
be amended to take account of the requirements laid 
down in Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU and the 
recommendations of that Manual.  
(6) The Annexes to Decision 2010/472/EU should therefore 
be amended accordingly.  
(7) To avoid any disruption of trade, the use of health 
certificates issued in accordance with Decision 
2010/472/EU in its version prior to the amendments 
introduced by this Decision should be authorised 
during a transitional period subject to certain conditions.  
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Standing 
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1  
The Annexes to Decision 2010/472/EU are amended in 
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.EN L 192/16 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012  
( 1 ) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.  
( 2 ) OJ L 228, 31.8.2010, p. 74.  (  3 ) OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p. 32.Article 2  
For a transitional period until 30 June 2013, Member States 
shall authorise imports from third countries of consignments of:  
(a) semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species which 
are accompanied by a health certificate issued not later than 
31 May 2013 in accordance with the model health 
certificate set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II to 
Decision 2010/472/EU in its version prior to the 
amendments introduced by this Decision.  
(b) ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine 
species accompanied by a health certificate issued not later 
than 31 May 2013 in accordance with the model health 
certificate set out in Part 2 of Annex IV to Decision 
2010/472/EU in its version prior to the amendments 
introduced by this Decision.  Article 3  
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2013.  
Article 4  
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  
Done at Brussels, 17 July 2012.  
For the Commission  
John DALLI  
Member of the CommissionEN 20.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/17ANNEX  
The Annexes to Decision 2010/472/EU are amended as follows:  
(1) Annex I is replaced by the following:  
‘ANNEX I  
List of third countries or parts thereof from which Member States are to authorise imports of consignments 
of semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species  
ISO Code  Name of the third country  Remarks  
Description of the territory 
(if appropriate ) Additional guarantees  
AU Australia  The additional guarantee as regards testing set 
out in point II.4.9.1 of the model health certificate 
set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II is 
compulsory.  
CA Canada  The additional guarantee as regards testing set 
out in point II.4.9.1 of the model health certificate 
set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II is 
compulsory.  
CH Switzerland (*)  
CL Chile  
GL Greenland  
HR Croatia  
IS Iceland  
NZ New Zealand  
PM Saint Pierre and 
Miquelon  
US United States  The additional guarantee as regards testing set 
out in point II.4.9.1 of the model health certificate 
set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II is 
compulsory.  
(*) Certificates in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Trade in 
Agricultural Products as approved by Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the 
Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss 
Federation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1).’EN L 192/18 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012(2) in Part 2 of Annex II, Section A is replaced by the following:  
‘Section A  
Model 1 — Health certificate for semen dispatched from an approved semen collection centre of origin of the semen
EN 20.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/19EN L 192/20 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012EN 20.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/21EN L 192/22 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012EN 20.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/23(3) Annex III is replaced by the following:  
‘ANNEX III  
List of third countries or parts thereof from which Member States are to authorise imports of consignments 
of ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species  
ISO Code  Name of the third country  Remarks  
Description of the territory  
(if appropriate)  Additional guarantees  
AU Australia  The additional guarantee as regards testing set out 
in point II.2.6.1 of the model health certificate set 
out in Part 2 of Annex IV is compulsory.  
CA Canada  The additional guarantee as regards testing set out 
in point II.2.6.1 of the model health certificate set 
out in Part 2 of Annex IV is compulsory.  
CH Switzerland (*)  
CL Chile  
GL Greenland  
HR Croatia  
IS Iceland  
NZ New Zealand  
PM Saint Pierre and 
Miquelon  
US United States  The additional guarantee as regards testing set out 
in point II.2.6.1 of the model health certificate set 
out in Part 2 of Annex IV is compulsory.  
(*) Certificates in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Trade in 
Agricultural Products as approved by Decision 2002/309/EC.’EN L 192/24 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012(4) Part 2 of Annex IV is replaced by the following:  
‘PART 2  
Model health certificate for imports of consignments of ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine 
species
EN 20.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/25EN L 192/26 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012EN 20.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/27EN L 192/28 Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2012