{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1988-407/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1988-407/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1988/407",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 14 June 1988 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 (88/407/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1988-407",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC and Article 2 of Directive 72/462/EEC shall apply as necessary.\nMoreover:\n(a) ‘semen’ means the prepared or diluted ejaculate of a domestic animal of the bovine species;\n(b) ‘ semen collection centre ’ means an officially approved and officially supervised establishment situated in the territory of a Member State or third country, in which semen is produced for use in artificial insemination;\n‘ semen storage centre ’ means an officially approved and officially supervised establishment situated in the territory of a Member State or third country in which semen is stored for use in artificial insemination;\n(c) ‘official veterinarian’ means the veterinarian designated by the competent central authority of a Member State or a third country;\n(d) ‘centre veterinarian’ means the veterinarian responsible for day-to-day compliance in the centre with the requirements laid down in this Directive;\n(e) ‘consignment’ means a quantity of semen covered by a single certificate;\n(f) ‘country of collection’ means the Member State or third country in which semen is collected and from which it is sent to a Member State;\n(g) ‘approved laboratory’ means a laboratory situated in the territory of a Member State or third country designated by the competent veterinary authority to carry out the tests laid down in this Directive;\n(h) ‘collection’ means a quantity of semen taken from a donor at any time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1988/407/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:31.306598+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."
}