Division 2 The facilities, equipment and operational procedures of the embryo collection team, as referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(ii), shall comply with the following points (a) and (b):

the embryo collection team must have at its disposal a laboratory where embryos can be examined, processed and packaged with adequate equipment, and that laboratory must be either:

1. (i)

   a permanently located laboratory, which must have the following:

   • a room where embryos can be processed which is physically separated from the area used to handle the donor animals during collection,

   • a room or area for cleansing and sterilising instruments used for embryo collection and processing, except when using only new single-use equipment,

   • a room for the storing of embryos;

   or

2. (ii)

   a mobile laboratory, which must:

   • have a specially equipped part of the vehicle consisting of two separate sections: one section for the examination and processing of embryos, which must be the clean section; and another section for accommodating equipment and materials used in contact with the donor animals,

   • use only new single-use equipment, unless the sterilisation of its equipment and the provision of fluids and other products necessary for the collection and processing of embryos is carried out at a permanently located laboratory.

The laboratories referred to in points (i) and (ii) must be designed and have a layout so as to prevent the cross-contamination of embryos, and team operations shall be carried out in a manner that prevents such cross-contamination;

the embryo collection team must have at its disposal storage premises which comply with the following conditions:

1. (i)

   they comprise at least one lockable room for the storage of embryos;

2. (ii)

   they must be easy to cleanse and disinfect;

3. (iii)

   they must have permanent records of all incoming and outgoing embryos;

4. (iv)

   they must have storage containers for embryos.