Article 3

Each Member State shall ensure that embryos shall not be sent from its territory to that of another Member State unless they meet the following conditions:

1. (a)

   F1they must have been conceived as a result of artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization with semen from a donor sire standing at a semen collection centre approved by the competent authority for the collection, processing and storage of semen or by semen imported in accordance with Directive 88/407/EEC ^f1 .

   In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, the Commission may authorize trade in embryos of certain specific species conceived as a result of natural service by bulls whose health status complies with Annex B to that Directive;

2. (b)

   they must have been collected from domestic animals of the bovine species whose health status complies with Annex B of this Directive;

3. (c)

   they must have been collected, processed and stored by an embryo collection team approved in accordance with Article 5 (1);

4. (d)

   they must have been collected, processed and stored by the embryo collection team in accordance with Annex A of this Directive;

5. (e)

   they must be accompanied, during transport to the Member State of destination, by an animal health certificate complying with Article 6 (1).