Regulation 3 Intra-Community trade in porcine semen
A person shall not collect, process, store or transport, for the purpose of export to a Member State, any semen unless it complies with Article 3 of the Directive.
The Department, upon being satisfied that a semen collection centre complies with the provisions of the Directive (and in particular Annex A thereof) shall—
licence it as a semen collection centre in which semen intended for export to a Member State may be collected and processed for the purposes of the Directive; and
issue a registration number in respect of it.
The Department upon being satisfied that accommodation used for the isolation of boars admitted to a semen collection centre licensed under paragraph (2) complies with the provisions of Annex B of the Directive (and in particular paragraph 4 thereof) shall licence it as isolation accommodation for the purposes of that Annex.
The Department shall appoint a veterinary surgeon to supervise each premises licensed under paragraph (2) or (3) and that surgeon shall report to the Department any breach of any provision of the Directive in relation to those premises.
A licence granted under paragraph (2) or (3)—
shall be in writing; and
may be suspended by a notice in writing served by the Department on the person having charge of the premises to which the licence relates informing him of any breach of any provision of the Directive reported to it, whether under paragraph (4) or otherwise.
It shall be the duty of a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Department for the purposes of paragraph (4) to issue animal health certificates for the purposes of the Directive.