# Council Directive of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (89/556/EEC), Division 1

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

For the purposes of embryo collection, donor animals must meet the following requirements:
(a) they must have spent at least the previous six months within Community territory or in the third country of collection;
(b) they must have been present in the herd of origin for at least 30 days prior to collection;
(c) they must come from herds which are:
officially tuberculosis free,
officially brucellosis free or brucellosis free,
enzootic bovine leucosis free
in derogation from the third indent, they may come from a herd (or herds) which is/are not leucosis-free but for which certification has been obtained that there has not been any clinical case of enzootic bovine leucosis during the past three years;
(d) during the previous year, they must not have been present in a herd (or herds) which have shown any clinical sign of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/556/annex/B/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-556/annex-B/division-1
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