{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-2/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-2/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/2/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "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):",
  "text": "(a) 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:\n(i) a permanently located laboratory, which must have the following:\na room where embryos can be processed which is physically separated from the area used to handle the donor animals during collection,\na room or area for cleansing and sterilising instruments used for embryo collection and processing, except when using only new single-use equipment,\na room for the storing of embryos;\nor\n(ii) a mobile laboratory, which must:\nhave 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,\nuse 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.\nThe 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;\n(b) the embryo collection team must have at its disposal storage premises which comply with the following conditions:\n(i) they comprise at least one lockable room for the storage of embryos;\n(ii) they must be easy to cleanse and disinfect;\n(iii) they must have permanent records of all incoming and outgoing embryos;\n(iv) they must have storage containers for embryos.",
  "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/2/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."
}