# Commission Decision of 6 August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 3852) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/552/EC), Article 6

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova and embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates from those parts of its territory listed in the Annex I to other parts of the United Kingdom.
2. The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova and embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and Annex II.
3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to:
(a) frozen bovine and porcine semen produced before 15 July 2007; and
(b) frozen bovine and porcine semen and bovine embryos imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the conditions laid down in Council Directives 88/407/EEC, 90/429/EEC and 89/556/EEC respectively, and which since introduction into the United Kingdom have been stored and transported separately from semen and embryos not eligible for dispatch in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.
Before the dispatch of the semen the United Kingdom shall provide de Commission and the other Member States with the list of centres authorized for the purpose of this paragraph.
4. The health certificate provided for in Council Directive 88/407/EEC and accompanying frozen bovine semen consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.
5. The health certificate provided for in Council Directive 90/429/EEC and accompanying frozen porcine semen consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Frozen porcine semen conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.
6. The health certificate provided for in Council Directive 89/556/EEC and accompanying bovine embryos consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear the following words:
‘Bovine embryos conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 on interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/552/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-552/article-6
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