{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-4/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-4/division-1.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/4/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The responsibilities of the centre veterinarian, referred to in Article 4(1)(a)(i), shall be the following:",
  "text": "(a) the centre veterinarian shall ensure that:\n(i) at the germinal product processing establishment records are kept in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 8(1)(c);\n(ii) the entry of unauthorised persons is prevented;\n(iii) authorised visitors comply with the animal health and biosecurity requirements referred to in point (b)(i);\n(iv) each individual dose of semen, oocytes or embryos is clearly marked in accordance with the traceability requirements set out in Article 10;\n(v) the processing and storage of germinal products takes place only on the premises set aside for that purpose and under strict hygiene conditions;\n(vi) all instruments which come into contact with the germinal products are cleansed and either disinfected or sterilised prior to use, except for new single-use instruments;\n(vii) before the commencement of each filling operation, the storage containers and transport containers are cleansed and either disinfected or sterilised, except for new single-use containers;\n(viii) cryogenic agents used for the preservation or storage of germinal products have not previously been used for other products;\n(ix) the staff of the germinal product processing establishment have received adequate training:\non disinfection and hygiene techniques to prevent the spread of diseases,\nfor the purpose of processing germinal products, on laboratory techniques and particularly on procedures for working in sterile conditions;\n(b) the centre veterinarian shall:\n(i) lay down the animal health and biosecurity requirements for the operation of the germinal product processing establishment and the measures to ensure compliance with those requirements;\n(ii) only accept into a germinal product processing establishment semen, oocytes or embryos collected, produced, processed and stored in an approved germinal product establishment, and transported under conditions that ensure that cross-contamination of semen, oocytes or embryos is prevented, as they have had no contact with germinal products which do not comply with the rules laid down in this Regulation.",
  "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/4/division/1",
    "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."
}