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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-717/annex-IV/section-B",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/717",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/717 of 10 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the model forms of zootechnical certificates for breeding animals and their germinal products (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex/IV/section/B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Zootechnical certificate for entry into the United Kingdom of semen of hybrid breeding pigs",
  "text": "Footnotes:\nKeep empty if not applicable.\nIn case Part A of the zootechnical certificate is kept empty or removed from the zootechnical certificate and a copy of the zootechnical certificate issued for the donor male hybrid breeding pig(s) is attached, a reference (certificate number) to that zootechnical certificate of the donor male hybrid breeding pig(s) must be provided.\nPart A of the zootechnical certificate may be kept empty or removed from the zootechnical certificate following the instructions in footnote 12.\nDelete where not applicable.\nIn accordance with the legislation on the identification and registration of animals of the country of dispatch.\nThis may be required in accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 for hybrid breeding pigs used for the collection of semen for artificial insemination by breeding operations maintaining the breeding register where the offspring of the donor animal is to be registered.\nIf necessary attach additional sheets of paper.\nAdd individual identification number if different from breeding book number.\nIf the results of performance testing or genetic evaluation can be accessed on a website, a direct reference to that website may be provided instead.\nOnly required if Part A of the zootechnical certificate is issued by the breeding body, including official service of the country of dispatch, which is listed in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and Part B of the zootechnical certificate is issued by a semen collection or storage centre acting on behalf of the breeding body in accordance with Article 33(1) of that Regulation.\nThat individual shall be a representative of the breeding body, including official service of the country of dispatch, which is listed in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, who is authorised to sign the zootechnical certificate.\nIn case only Part B of the zootechnical certificate is issued by a semen collection or storage centre acting on behalf of the breeding body in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and Part A of the zootechnical certificate is kept empty or removed from the zootechnical certificate, point 1 of Part B must be completed and copies of the zootechnical certificates for the donor males, issued in accordance with the model laid down in Section A of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2017/717, must be attached.\nOptional.\nA straw or another package may contain semen collected from more than one hybrid breeding pig, provided information on all contributing donor male hybrid breeding pigs is provided in point 1.2. of Part B.\nWhere applicable, information on sexed semen may be provided.\nFor semen intended for performance testing or genetic evaluation of hybrid breeding pigs which have not undergone such testing or evaluation, in accordance with the quantity limits referred to in Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012.\nThat individual shall be a representative of the breeding body, including official service of the country of dispatch, which is listed in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, or of a semen collection or storage centre acting on behalf of the breeding body in accordance with Article 33(1) of that Regulation, who is authorised to sign the zootechnical certificate.\nNotes:\n• The zootechnical certificate shall be issued in at least one of the official languages of the country of dispatch.\n• The colour of the signature must be different from that of the printing.\n• The zootechnical certificate may be issued in portrait or landscape orientation.\n• The footnotes and notes of this zootechnical certificate may not be printed, provided a reference to a directly accessible multilingual source of information is included in the title.\nZootechnical certificate, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, for entry into the United Kingdom of semen of hybrid breeding pigs ( Sus scrofa ), including purebred breeding pigs of breeds and lines registered in breeding registers maintained by breeding bodies\n...\n(a logo of the issuing breeding body or semen collection or storage centre may be included)\nCertificate number\nName of issuing breeding body/semen collection or storage centre (provide contact details and, where available, a reference to the website)/ reference to zootechnical certificate of donor animal\nPart A.\nInformation on the donor male hybrid breeding pig\n1.\nName of issuing breeding body (provide contact details and, where available, a reference to the website)\n2.\nName of breeding register\n3.\nName of breed/line/cross\n4.\nBreeding register number of donor male\n5.\nIdentification of donor male\n5.1.\nSystem\n5.2.\nIndividual identification number\n5.3.\nName\n6.\nIdentity verification\n6.1.\nMethod\n6.2.\nResult\n7.\nDate (use format dd.mm.yyyy or ISO 8601) and country of birth of donor male\n8.\nName, address and email address of breeder\n9.\nName, address and email address of owner\n10.\nThe pedigree of donor male\n10.1.\nSire\nBreeding register or breeding book number\nIndividual identification number\nBreed/line/cross\nName\n10.1.1.\nPaternal Grandsire\nBreeding register or breeding book number\nIndividual identification number\nBreed/line/cross\nName\n10.1.2.\nPaternal Granddam\nBreeding register or breeding book number\nIndividual identification number\nBreed/line/cross\nName\n10.2.\nDam\nBreeding register or breeding book number\nIndividual identification number\nBreed/line/cross\nName\n10.2.1.\nMaternal Grandsire\nBreeding register or breeding book number\nIndividual identification number\nBreed/line/cross\nName\n10.2.2.\nMaternal Granddam\nBreeding register or breeding book number\nIndividual identification number\nBreed/line/cross\nName\n11.\nAdditional information\n11.1.\nResults of performance testing\n11.2.\nUp-to-date results of the genetic evaluation carried out last on … (insert date in format dd.mm.yyyy or ISO 8601)\n11.3.\nGenetic defects and genetic peculiarities of donor male in relation to the breeding programme\n11.4.\nOther relevant information on donor male\n11.5.\nOther relevant information, including results of performance testing or genetic evaluation, on parents and grandparents, if not indicated in point 10\n12.\nValidation\n12.1.\nDone at: …\n12.2.\non: …\n(insert place of issue)\n(insert date of issue)\n12.3.\nName and capacity of the signatory: …\n(insert in capital letters name and capacity of the individual signing the certificate)\n12.4.\nSignature: …\nPart B.\nInformation on semen\n1.\nIdentification of donor male(s)\n1.1.\nIndividual identification number(s)\n1.2.\nReference(s) to zootechnical certificate(s) of donor male(s)\n2.\nIdentification of semen\nColour of straws or other packages\nCode on straws or other packages\nNumber of straws or other packages\nPlace of collection\nDate of collection\n(dd.mm.yyyy or ISO 8601)\nOthers\n3.\nSemen collection or storage centre of dispatch\n3.1.\nName\n3.2.\nAddress\n3.3.\nApproval number\n4.\nDestination ( insert name and address)\n5.\nName and address of the breeding operation, or the third party designated by that breeding operation, responsible for carrying out testing\n6.\nValidation\n6.1.\nDone at: …\n6.2.\non: …\n(insert place of issue)\n(insert date of issue)\n6.3.\nName and capacity of the signatory: …\n(insert in capital letters name and capacity of the individual signing that certificate)\n6.4.\nSignature: …",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/602 of 15 April 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/717 as regards the model forms of zootechnical certificates for breeding animals and their germinal products (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Section B heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 29(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Section B table substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 29(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Section B table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/117, reg. 29(3) (as substituted by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 28(22)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Keep empty if not applicable."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In case Part A of the zootechnical certificate is kept empty or removed from the zootechnical certificate and a copy of the zootechnical certificate issued for the donor male hybrid breeding pig(s) is attached, a reference (certificate number) to that zootechnical certificate of the donor male hybrid breeding pig(s) must be provided."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Part A of the zootechnical certificate may be kept empty or removed from the zootechnical certificate following the instructions in footnote 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Delete where not applicable."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "In accordance with the legislation on the identification and registration of animals of the country of dispatch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "This may be required in accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 for hybrid breeding pigs used for the collection of semen for artificial insemination by breeding operations maintaining the breeding register where the offspring of the donor animal is to be registered."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "If necessary attach additional sheets of paper."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Add individual identification number if different from breeding book number."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "If the results of performance testing or genetic evaluation can be accessed on a website, a direct reference to that website may be provided instead."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Only required if Part A of the zootechnical certificate is issued by the breeding body, including official service of the country of dispatch, which is listed in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and Part B of the zootechnical certificate is issued by a semen collection or storage centre acting on behalf of the breeding body in accordance with Article 33(1) of that Regulation."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "That individual shall be a representative of the breeding body, including official service of the country of dispatch, which is listed in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, who is authorised to sign the zootechnical certificate."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "In case only Part B of the zootechnical certificate is issued by a semen collection or storage centre acting on behalf of the breeding body in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and Part A of the zootechnical certificate is kept empty or removed from the zootechnical certificate, point 1 of Part B must be completed and copies of the zootechnical certificates for the donor males, issued in accordance with the model laid down in Section A of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2017/717, must be attached."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Optional."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "A straw or another package may contain semen collected from more than one hybrid breeding pig, provided information on all contributing donor male hybrid breeding pigs is provided in point 1.2. of Part B."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "Where applicable, information on sexed semen may be provided."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "For semen intended for performance testing or genetic evaluation of hybrid breeding pigs which have not undergone such testing or evaluation, in accordance with the quantity limits referred to in Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "That individual shall be a representative of the breeding body, including official service of the country of dispatch, which is listed in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, or of a semen collection or storage centre acting on behalf of the breeding body in accordance with Article 33(1) of that Regulation, who is authorised to sign the zootechnical certificate."
    }
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