{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-137/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-137/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2012/137",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 1 March 2012 on imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (notified under document C(2012) 1148) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/137/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-137",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter",
  "text": "(1.) This Decision lays down a list of third countries and makes provision for the specification of parts thereof from which the appropriate authority may authorise imports into Great Britain of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species.\nIt also lays down certification requirements for imports of semen into Great Britain.\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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 1 renumbered as Art. 1(1) (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), 62(2)(a) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1 substituted (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), 62(2)(b) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 1(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1 substituted (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), 62(2)(c) (with regs. 69-71)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 1(2) 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), 62(2)(d) (with regs. 69-71)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/137/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:30.745344+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."
}