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Division 1 Semen collection centres must:F1

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    be placed under the permanent supervision of a centre veterinarian authorised by the competent authority;

  2. (b)

    have at least:

    1. (i)

      animal housing, including isolation facilities;

    2. (ii)

      semen collection facilities, including a separate room for the cleaning and disinfection or sterilisation of equipment;

    3. (iii)

      a semen processing room which need not necessarily be on the same site;

    4. (iv)

      a semen storage room which need not necessarily be on the same site;

  3. (c)

    be so constructed or isolated that contact with livestock outside is prevented;

  4. (d)

    be so constructed that the animal housing and the semen collecting, processing and storage facilities can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

  5. (e)

    have isolation accommodation which has no direct communication with the normal animal accommodation;

  6. (f)

    be so designed that the animal accommodation is physically separated from the semen processing room and both are separated from the semen storage room.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Council Directive 2003/43/EC of 26 May 2003 amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species.

Notes on the whole EU Directive

Textual amendments

F1

Deleted by Council Directive 93/60/EEC of 30 June 1993 amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of deep-frozen semen of domestic animals of the bovine species and extending it to cover fresh bovine semen.