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Annex II is amended as follows: (a) in Chapter I of Part 1, point 1(b)(i) is replaced by the following: ‘(i) for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis), a test referred to in Part 2 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688;’; (b) in Chapter I of Part 1, point 1(b)(iii) is replaced by the following: ‘(iii) for enzootic bovine leukosis, a serological test referred to in point (a) of Part 4 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688, unless the derogation provided for in Article 20(2)(a) of this Regulation applies;’; (c) in Chapter I of Part 1, point 2(a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis), a test referred to in Part 2 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688;’; (d) in Chapter I of Part 3, points 1(b), 1(c) and 1(d) are replaced by the following: ‘(b) in the case of ovine animals, they must come from an establishment where, during the period of 60 days prior to their stay in the quarantine accommodation referred to in point (a), they, and any male caprine animal kept with them together, have been subjected with negative results to a serological test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis), or any other test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) of an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity; (c) the animals have been subjected to the following tests carried out on samples taken within a period of 30 days preceding the commencement of the period of quarantine referred to in point (a), with negative results: (i) for infection with Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis, a serological test referred to in point 1 of Part 1 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688; (ii) in the case of ovine animals, and any male caprine animals kept with them together, a serological test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis), or any other test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) of an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity; (d) the animals have been subjected to the following tests carried out on samples taken during the period of quarantine referred to in point (a), and within a period of at least 21 days from the date of being admitted to the quarantine accommodation, with negative results: (i) for infection with Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis, a serological test referred to in point 1 of Part 1 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688; (ii) in the case of ovine animals, and any male caprine animals kept with them together, a serological test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis), or any other test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) of an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity.’; (e) in Chapter I of Part 3, the introductory phrase of point 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. All ovine and caprine animals kept at a semen collection centre shall be subjected at least once a year to the following tests (compulsory routine tests), with negative results:’; (f) in Chapter II of Part 5, point 1(a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) they have been kept for a period of at least 60 days prior to and during collection of the semen in a Member State or zone thereof free from infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24), where no case of infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24) has been confirmed during the last 24 months in the targeted animal population;’; (g) in Chapter II of Part 5, point 2(a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) they have been kept for a period of at least 60 days prior to and during collection of the oocytes or embryos in a Member State or zone thereof free from infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24),where no case of infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24) has been confirmed during the last 24 months in the targeted animal population;’;