{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-1/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-1/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/686",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686",
  "path": "annex/I/part/1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The requirements for the facilities, equipment and operational procedures of the semen collection centre, as referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(i), shall be the following:",
  "text": "(a) the semen collection centre must have at least:\n(i) lockable animal accommodation and, if required, an exercise area for equine animals which is physically separated from the semen collection facilities, the semen processing room and the storage room;\n(ii) isolation facilities for animals which have failed tests referred to in Annex II of this Regulation or which show symptoms or signs of any of the category D diseases relevant for the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals, and which have no direct connection with the regular animal accommodation referred to in point (i);\n(iii) semen collection facilities that may be open air provided that they are protected from adverse weather effects and are equipped with slip-proof flooring at and around the place of semen collection;\n(iv) a separate room for the cleansing and disinfection or sterilisation of equipment;\n(v) a semen processing room, separated from the semen collection facilities and the room for cleansing equipment referred to in point (iv), which need not necessarily be on the same site;\n(vi) a semen storage room, which need not necessarily be on the same site; the semen storage room must be furnished with the necessary installation to store germinal products, which must be so constructed that it protects those germinal products and the installation from adverse weather and environment effects;\n(b) the semen collection centre must be so constructed or isolated that contact with outside livestock is prevented;\n(c) the semen collection centre must be so constructed that, except for the office rooms and, in the case of equine animals, the exercise area, it can be readily cleansed and disinfected;\n(d) the semen collection centre must be so constructed that unauthorised access of people is effectively prevented.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/686/annex/I/part/1/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:38.781688+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."
}