{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-65/annex-D/chapter-II/division-II/division-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-65/annex-D/chapter-II/division-II/division-8.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1992/65",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-65",
  "path": "annex/D/chapter/II/division/II/division/8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Semen shall be obtained from animals which:\n(a) show no clinical signs of disease on the date the semen was collected;\n(b) during the 12 months prior to the date of the collection of the semen:\n(i) either have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease; or\n(ii) have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease at least 30 days prior to the collection, in which case 5 % (with a minimum of five straws) of each semen collection shall be submitted to a virus isolation test for foot-and-mouth disease with negative results;\n(c) have been kept at an approved semen collection centre for a continuous period of at least 30 days prior to the date of collection of the semen, in the case of collection of fresh semen;\n(d) meet the requirements laid down in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Directive 91/68/EEC;\n(e) if kept on holdings referred to in the first indent of Article 11(2), had undergone with negative results during the 30 days prior to the date of collection of the semen:\n(i) a serological test for brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) carried out in accordance with Annex C to Directive 91/68/EEC;\n(ii) a serological test for contagious epididymitis ( B. ovis ) carried out in accordance with Annex D to Directive 91/68/EEC, or any other test with an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity;\n(iii) a test for the Border disease virus;\n(f) shall not be used for natural breeding during at least 30 days prior to the date of first semen collection and between the date of the first sample referred to in points 1.5 and 1.6 or in point (e) and until the end of the collection period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2010 of 2 March 2010 amending Annex D to Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards semen collection and storage centres, embryo collection and production teams, and conditions for donor animals of the equine, ovine and caprine species and for handling semen, ova and embryos of those species (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1992/65/annex/D/chapter/II/division/II/division/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:21.766167+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."
}