Article 2 Imports of semen

United Kingdom

F1The appropriate authority shall authorise the import of semen provided that it complies with the following conditions:

(a)

it comes from F2such third country listed in Annex 1, or a part thereof, as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article;

(b)

it comes from a semen collection centre listed in accordance with F3Article 2a;

(c)

it is accompanied by an animal health certificate F4, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time;

F5(d)

it complies with—

(i)

any requirements specified in a document published under point (a); and

(ii)

any requirements set out in the animal health certificate referred to in point (c)

Where specific animal health and certification conditions are laid down in bilateral agreements between F6Great Britain and third countries, those conditions shall apply instead of the conditions laid down in paragraph 1.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 2(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(3)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71)
F2: Words in Art. 2(1)(a) 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(3)
F3: Words in Art. 2(1)(b) 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(3)(a)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)
F4: Words in Art. 2(1)(c) 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(3)(a)(iii) (with regs. 69-71)
F5: Art. 2(1)(d) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 45
F6: Words in Art. 2(2) 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(3)(b) (with regs. 69-71)