{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-4/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-I/part-4/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/4/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The requirements for the facilities, equipment and operational procedures of a germinal product processing establishment, referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(iv), shall be the following:",
  "text": "(a) the germinal product processing establishment must have at least:\n(i) a germinal products processing room, separated from the germinal products storage room referred to in point (ii) and the room used for cleansing equipment referred to in point (iii);\n(ii) a germinal products storage room, which need not necessarily be on the same site, furnished with the necessary installation to store germinal products, and which is so constructed that it protects those germinal products and the installation from adverse weather and environment effects;\n(iii) a separate room for the cleansing and disinfection or sterilisation of equipment;\n(b) where processing is not limited to germinal products delivered from one approved germinal product establishment or is not limited to a germinal product of one type or of a single species, the germinal product processing establishment must have procedures in place to ensure that:\n(i) the processing of each consignment of germinal products is separated in time; and\n(ii) the equipment is cleansed and disinfected between the processing of different consignments;\n(c) where storage is not limited to a germinal product of one type or of a single species,\n(i) the germinal product processing establishment must have distinct storage containers assigned for each type and species of germinal product that is stored in the germinal products storage room referred to in point (a)(ii), and\n(ii) the handling of stored germinal products of different types and species must be carried out by separate staff or at a different time;\n(d) the germinal product processing establishment must be so constructed that, except the office rooms, it can be readily cleansed and disinfected;\n(e) the germinal product processing establishment 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/4/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."
}