European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animlas, Their Semen,Ova and Embryos) Regulations, 1996.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animals, their Semen, Ova and Embryos) Regulations, 1996.
2 Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires—
"animal health certificate" means a certificate in which the health status of animals, semen, ova or embryos is certified for the purposes of these Regulations by an official veterinarian issuing the certificate;
"approval" means an approval granted under Regulation 6 by the Minister or a competent authority designated under Regulation 5 for the purposes of these Regulations and the Directives and Decisions;
approved" means approved by the Minister or a competent authority designated under Regulation 5 for the purposes of these Regulations and the Directives and Decisions;
"approved for breeding" means breeding animals or the semen, ova and embryos of such animals approved for breeding;
"approved laboratory" means a laboratory approved to carry out the analytical or diagnostic tests required under these Regulations;
"application for approval" means an application to the Minister or a competent authority designated under Regulation 5 in respect of an approval in relation to any of the matters specified in Regulation 6(2) for the purposes of these Regulations and the Directives and Decisions;
"authorised officer" means a person appointed by the Minister to be an authorised officer under Regulation 24 or an officer of Customs and Excise;
"breeding animal" means a bovine animal including buffalo used for breeding;
"breeders' organisation or association" means a breeders' organisation or association which establishes and maintains a herd book for pure-bred breeding animals;
"centre veterinarian" means a veterinarian responsible for the day-to-day supervision of a semen collection centre;
"collection of semen" means a quantity of semen taken from a donor animal at any one time;
"consignment of embryos" means a quantity of embryos removed in one operation from a single donor animal, and covered by the appropriate animal health and zootechnical certificates;
"consignment of semen" means a quantity of semen from a donor animal, which is accompanied by the appropriate animal health and zootechnical certificate.
"Council Directive 64/432/EEC" means Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 (17);
(17) O.J No. L121 of 29.7.64 p. 1.
"Council Directive 88/407/EEC" means Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988(11);
"Council Directive 94/28/EC" means Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June, 1994(3);
"the Directives and Decisions" means Council Directive No. 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977(1) (as amended by Council Directive 91/174/EEC of 25 March 1991(2) and Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994(3)) Commission Decision 84/247/EEC of 27 April 1984(4), Commission Decision 84/419/EEC of 19 July 1984(5), Commission Decision 86/130/EEC of 11 March 1986(6) (as amended by Commission Decision 94/515/EC of 27 July 1994(7)), Commission Decision 86/404/EEC of 29 July 1986(8), Council Directive 87/328/EEC of 18 June 1987(9), Commission Decision 88/124/EEC of 21 January 1988(10), Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988(11) (as amended by Council Directive 90/120/EEC of 5 March 1990(12)), and Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989(13) Council Directive 93/52/EEC of 24 June 1993(14), Council Directive 93/60/EEC of 30 June 1993(15) and Commission Decision 94/113/EC of 8 February 1994(16), or any one or more of those Directives and Decisions, as the case may be;
"embryo" means an ovum that has been fertilised and is in the initial stage of development while it is suitable for being transferred to a recipient bovine dam;
"herd book" means any book, register, file or data medium –
(a) which is maintained by a breeders' organisation or association, and
(b) in which pure-bred breeding animals are entered or registered with mention of their ancestors;
"the Commission" means the Commission of the European Communities;
"intra-Community trade" means trade between Member States;
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Union;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry;
"official veterinarian" means a registered veterinary surgeon, within the meaning of section 1 of the Veterinary surgeons Act, 1931 (No. 36 of 1931), appointed by the Minister for the purposes of these Regulations;
"officer of Customs and Excise" has the same meaning as in the Customs Act, 1956 (No. 7 of 1956);
"ova/embryo collection centre" means an establishment in which ova or embryos (or both) from breeding animals are collected for use in artificial insemination;
"ova/embryo collection or production team" means a group of technicians supervised by a team veterinarian, approved to perform in vitro fertilization, the collection, processing and storage of ova or embryos of breeding animals;
"premises" includes any house or land or water and fixed or moveable structure therein and also includes vessels, vehicles, trains, aircraft and other means of transport;
"pure-bred breeding animal" means a pure-bred breeding animal entered in the main section of a herd book whose parents and grandparents are entered in a herd book of the same breed;
"semen" means the prepared or diluted ejaculate of a breeding animal;
"semen collection centre" means an establishment in which semen from breeding animals is collected from bulls for use in artificial insemination;
"team veterinarian" means the veterinarian responsible for the supervision of an ova/embryo collection team;
"testing or genetic evaluation" means the testing or genetic evaluation of breeding animals for the purpose of assessing their genetic merit for the purposes of these Regulations and the Directives and Decisions;
"third country" means a country or territory which is not a Member State;
"trade" includes domestic trade and imports and exports and where relevant applies equally to the purchaser as well as vendor;
"working day" means any day other than –
(a) Saturday or Sunday, or
(b) a public holiday within the meaning of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (No. 25 of 1973);
"zootechnical certificate" means a certificate giving the identity, ancestry, blood type, and performance or progeny test results as required by these Regulations issued by a person designated by the Minister.
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Directives and Decisions has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Directives and Decisions.
(3) In these Regulations, unless otherwise indicated –