# 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), Division 3: The team veterinarian may decide that embryos not collected by an embryo collection team, or oocytes not collected and embryos not produced by an embryo production team, may be processed by the embryo collection team or the embryo production team provided that:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) such oocytes and embryos are collected from animals which fulfil the conditions laid down:
(i) in respect of bovine animals, in point 1 of Chapter II of Part 1 of Annex II and as applicable in Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 of Annex II;
(ii) in respect of porcine animals, in points 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter II of Part 2 of Annex II and as applicable in Chapters I and IV of Part 5 of Annex II;
(iii) in respect of ovine and caprine animals, in point 1 of Chapter II of Part 3 of Annex II and as applicable in Chapters I to III of Part 5 of Annex II;
(iv) in respect of equine animals, in points 1 and 2 of Chapter II of Part 4 of Annex II;
(b) processing is carried out with separate equipment or at a different time from oocytes and embryos intended to be moved to another Member State, the equipment in the latter case being cleaned and sterilised after use;
(c) such oocytes and embryos shall not be moved to another Member State and shall not at any time come into contact with, or be stored with, oocytes and embryos intended to be moved to another Member State;
(d) such oocytes and embryos must be identifiable by a marking which is different from that referred to in point 1(a)(v) of Part 1 of Annex I.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/686/annex/III/part/6/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/annex-III/part-6/division-3
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