# Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Division CHAPTER H: Import of ovine and caprine semen and embryos

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

Ovine and caprine semen and embryos imported into Great Britain shall be subject to the presentation of an animal health certificate attesting that:
(1) the donor animals have been kept continuously since birth in a country where the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) classical scrapie is compulsorily notifiable;
(b) an awareness, surveillance and monitoring system is in place;
(c) ovine and caprine animals affected with classical scrapie are killed and completely destroyed;
(d) the feeding to ovine and caprine animals of meat-and-bone meal, or greaves of ruminant origin, as defined in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, has been banned and effectively enforced in the whole country for a period of at least the preceding seven years; and
(2) the donor animals have been kept continuously for a period of three years preceding the date of the collection of the exported semen or embryos in a holding or holdings which have satisfied during that period all the requirements set out in point 1.3.(a) to (f) of Section A of Chapter A of Annex VIII except where the holding is a semen collection centre, provided that the semen collection centre complies with the conditions set out in point 1.3.(c)(iv) of that Section; or
(a) in the case of semen of animals of the ovine species, the semen has been collected from male animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype; or
(b) in the case of embryos of animals of the ovine species, the embryos carry at least one ARR allele.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/IX/chapter/H (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-IX/chapter-H
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