Regulation 32 Amendments to Commission Decision 2006/168/EC

Commission Decision 2006/168/EC establishing the animal health and veterinary certification requirements for imports into the Community of bovine embryos and repealing Decision 2005/217/EC^f1 is amended as follows.

For Article 1(1) (general conditions for imports of embryos) substitute—

“1.

The appropriate authority may authorise imports of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species if the embryos—

(a)

were collected or produced in a third country listed in Annex 1 to this Decision, or part thereof, as the appropriate authority may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article;

(b)

are accompanied by the model certificate referred to in Articles 2 and 3; and

(c)

were collected or produced by embryo collection or production teams which meet the conditions—

(i)

described in subparagraphs (a) to (c) of Article 8(1) of Directive 89/556/EEC^f2, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day and as read in accordance with paragraph 3; and

(ii)

imposed by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), relating to the protection of public health or animal health in Great Britain on the import of a consignment of embryos, in a document published for the purposes of this Article.”.

In Annex 1, in the table, omit the table notes.