Article 1 
Member States shall ensure that, without prejudice to animal health rules there is no prohibition or restriction of or obstacle to: — the acceptance of hybrid breeding female pigs for breeding, — the acceptance of hybrid breeding male pigs for natural service, — the acceptance for artificial insemination of hybrid breeding male pigs whose line has been tested for monitoring performance and assessing its genetic value, — the use of the semen of the animal referred to in the third indent, — the acceptance, for official testing, of hybrid breeding male pigs or the use of the semen of such pigs within quantitative limits necessary for the tests for monitoring their performance and assessing their genetic value to be carried out, — the use of ova and embryos from hybrid breeding female pigs.
Article 2 
Member States shall ensure that, without prejudice to animal health rules, for marketing, the semen, ova and embryos are collected, treated and stored by an officially approved centre or officially approved staff.
Article 3 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisionns necessary to comply with this Directive by not later than 1 January 1991. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. However, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall have an additional period of time of two years within which to comply with this Directive.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 March 1990. For the Council The President J. WALSH Done at Brussels, 5 March 1990. For the Council The President J. WALSH For the Council The President J. WALSH