{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-168/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/168",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 4 January 2006 establishing the animal health and veterinary certification requirements for imports into the Community of bovine embryos and repealing Decision 2005/217/EC (notified under document number C(2005) 5796) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/168/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-168",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General conditions for imports of embryos",
  "text": "(1.) The appropriate authority may authorise imports of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species if the embryos—\n(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;\n(b) are accompanied by the model certificate referred to in Articles 2 and 3; and\n(c) were collected or produced by embryo collection or production teams which meet the conditions—\n(i) described in subparagraphs (a) to (c) of Article 8(1) of Directive 89/556/EEC, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day and as read in accordance with paragraph 3; and\n(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.\n(2.) In this Decision:\n“appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:\n(a)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;\n“third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.\n(3.) For the purposes of this Article, subparagraph (b) of Article 8(1) of, and Chapter II of Annex A to, Directive 89/556/EEC are to be read as if—\n(a) in Article 8(1)(b), for “the Community” there were substituted “ Great Britain ”;\n(b) in Annex A, in Chapter II—\n(i) in paragraph 1(a), for “this Directive” there were substituted “ national legislation ”;\n(ii) in paragraph 1(h), the final sentence were omitted;\n(iii) paragraph 1(m) were omitted;\n(iv) in paragraph 1(n), the second and final sentences were omitted;\n(v) in paragraph 2, in the final subparagraph, for “Directive 88/407/EEC” there were substituted “national legislation relating to the storage of bovine semen.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 amending Decision 2006/168/EC as regards the listing of embryo collection and production teams approved for imports of bovine embryos into the Community (notified under document C(2009) 9320) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/873/EC)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 1(1) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 32(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 1(2)(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 46(2)(c) (with regs. 69-71)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/168/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:41.527986+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}