2008/120/EC: Commission Decision of 7 February 2008 amending Annex D to Council Directive 88/407/EEC and Commission Decision 2004/639/EC laying down the importation conditions of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (notified under document number C(2008) 409) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-02-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal breeding, cattle, health certificate, import, intra-EU trade, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 February 2008

amending Annex D to Council Directive 88/407/EEC and Commission Decision 2004/639/EC laying
down the importation conditions of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species

(notified under document number C(2008) 409)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/120/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

of semen of domestic animals of
should be supplemented.

the bovine species

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June
1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable
semen of
to intra-Community trade
domestic animals of the bovine species (1), and in particular
Article 8(1),
the first subparagraph of Article 10(2), Article
11(2) and the second paragraph of Article 17 thereof,

in and imports of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 88/407/EEC laid down the animal health
requirements governing trade in and imports into the
Community of semen of domestic animals of bovine
species and established the model veterinary certificates
for intra-Community trade of that commodity.

Directive 2003/43/EC (2) amended Directive 88/407/EEC
by introducing,
inter alia, semen storage centres and
conditions for the official approval and the official super-
vision of those centres.

Commission Decision 2004/639/EC of 6 September
importation conditions of
2004 laying down the
the bovine species (3)
semen of domestic animals of
the model veterinary certificates for imports
sets out
into the Community of semen of domestic animals of
the bovine species. That Decision should be adapted in
line with Directive 88/407/EEC and the list of
third
countries from which Member States authorise imports

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

In addition, the model veterinary certificates for intra-
Community trade in and imports into the Community
of semen of domestic animals of
the bovine species
dispatched from approved semen storage centres should
be introduced in order to ensure the full traceability of
that semen in intra-Community trade.

as

It is appropriate for the certificates to be presented in
accordance with the standardised layout of veterinary
in Commission Decision
certificates
2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004 on the introduction
of
amending Decision
the
92/486/EEC (4)
and to align certain animal health
requirements.

system and

Traces

out

set

The models of certificates for intra-Community trade in
semen of domestic animals of the bovine species laid
down in Annex D to Directive 88/407/EEC should also
be amended to take into account the standardised layout
of veterinary certificates.

Directive 88/407/EEC and Decision 2004/639/EC should
therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1) OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2006/16/EC (OJ L 11, 17.1.2006, p. 21).

(2) OJ L 143, 11.6.2003, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 292, 15.9.2004, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

Annex D to Directive 88/407/EEC is replaced by the text in
Annex I to this Decision.

(4) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 63. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/515/EC (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 29).

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Article 2

Article 3

Decision 2004/639/EC is amended as follows:

This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2008.

1.

in Article 1, the following paragraph is added:

Article 4

‘5. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, Member States shall
authorise the importation of semen referred to in paragraphs
the bovine species
1 and 2 of domestic animals of
centres,
dispatched
conforming to the conditions laid down in the model
veterinary certificate in Annex II, Part 3 and accompanied
by such a certificate duly completed.’

from approved

storage

semen

2. Annexes I and II are replaced by the text in Annex II to this

Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 February 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX D

MODELS OF CERTIFICATES FOR INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE

ANNEX D1

Model of certificate applicable to intra-Community trade in semen collected in accordance with Council
Directive 88/407/EEC, as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC, dispatched from an approved semen collection
centre

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ANNEX D2

Model of certificate applicable from 1 January 2006 to intra-Community trade in stocks of semen collected,
processed and/or stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Council Directive
88/407/EEC, applying until 1 July 2003 and traded after that date in accordance with Article 2(2) of Directive
2003/43/EC, dispatched from an approved semen collection centre

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ANNEX D3

Model of certificate applicable to intra-Community trade in semen dispatched from an approved semen storage centre or
an approved semen collection centre:

— either collected in accordance with Council Directive 88/407/EEC as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC;

— or collected, processed and/or stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Council
Directive 88/407/EEC, applying until 1 July 2003 and traded after that date in accordance with Article 2(2) of
Directive 2003/43/EC.

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX I

List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine
species

ISO code

Country

AU

Australia

Description of territory
(if appropriate)

Additional guarantees

CA

CH

HR

NZ

US

Canada

Territory as described in Part 1 of Annex I
to Council Decision 79/542/EEC (1).

Switzerland

Croatia

New Zealand

United States

The additional guarantees set out in
points II.5.4.1.2 and II.5.4.2.2 of the
certificate in Part 1 of Annex II are
compulsory.

The additional guarantee set out in
point
II.5.4.1.2 of the certificate in
Part 1 of Annex II is compulsory.

The additional guarantee set out in
point
II.5.4.1.2 of the certificate in
Part 1 of Annex II is compulsory.

(1) OJ L 146, 14.6.1979, p. 15. Annex as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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ANNEX II

Model veterinary certificates for imports and transits of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (for
import, collected in accordance with Council Directive 88/407/EEC as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC)

Model certificate applicable to imports and transits of semen collected in accordance with Council Directive
88/407/EEC as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC dispatched from an approved semen collection centre

PART 1

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Model certificate applicable from 1 January 2005 to imports and transits of stocks of semen collected, processed
and stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Council Directive 88/407/EEC
applying until 1 July 2003, and imported after 31 December 2004 in accordance with Article 2(2) of
Directive 2003/43/EC, dispatched from an approved semen collection centre

PART 2

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PART 3

Model certificate applicable to imports and transits of semen dispatched from an approved semen storage centre or an
approved semen collection centre:

— either collected and processed in accordance with the conditions of Council Directive 88/407/EEC as amended by

Directive 2003/43/EC;

— or collected, processed and stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Council Directive
88/407/EEC applying until 1 July 2003, and imported after 31 December 2004 in accordance with Article 2(2) of
Directive 2003/43/EC.

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