Article 7
United Kingdom
Embryos shall be imported only from those third countries or parts thereof which appear on a list drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. That list may be supplemented or amended in accordance with the same procedure.
In deciding whether a third country or parts thereof may appear on the list referred to in paragraph 1, particular account shall be taken of:
the state of health of the livestock, other domestic animals and wildlife in the third country, with particular reference to exotic animal diseases, and of the environmental health situation in that country, which might endanger animal health in the Member States;
the regularity and rapidity of the information supplied by the third country concerning the existence of contagious animal diseases in its territory, in particular those diseases mentioned in lists A and B of the International Office of Epizootic Diseases;
the rules of the third country on animal disease prevention and control;
the structure of the veterinary services in the third country and their powers;
the organization and implementation of measures to prevent and control contagious animal diseases; and
the guarantees which the third country can give with regard to compliance with the rules set out in this Directive.
The list referred to in paragraph 1 and all amendments thereto shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.