Regulation 4 Licensing of semen collection centre

The Department, upon being satisfied that a semen collection centre complies with the provisions of the Directive insofar as it relates to ovine and caprine semen (and in particular Chapters I, IIB and C and III of Annex D thereof), shall licence it as a semen collection centre in which ovine and caprine semen intended for export to a Member State may be collected and processed for the purposes of those provisions of the Directive.

It shall be the duty of the veterinary surgeon supervising each semen collection centre to issue animal health certificates for the purposes of the fourth indent of Article 11(2) of the Directive.