Article 18 Additional responsibilities of centre veterinarians for compliance with the animal health requirements for donor bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals from which semen was collected

Centre veterinarians shall ensure that donor bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals comply with the following requirements:

1. (a)

   they showed neither symptoms nor clinical signs of any of the category D diseases referred to in Article 16(d)(ii) on the day of their admission to a semen collection centre;

2. (b)

   in the case of donor bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine animals, prior to the day of their admission to a semen collection centre, they were kept in a quarantine accommodation which on that day complied with the following conditions:

   1. (i)

      none of the category D diseases relevant for the bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine animals has been reported for a period of at least the preceeding 30 days;

   2. (ii)

      it was not situated in a restricted zone established due to the occurrence in bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine animals of a category A disease or of an emerging disease relevant for those animals;

3. (c)

   they are kept at the semen collection centre which:

   1. (i)

      during a period which comprises at least 30 days prior to date of collection and at least 30 days following the date of collection of the semen or, in the case of fresh semen, until the date of dispatch of the consignment of semen, none of the category D diseases relevant for bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals have been reported;

   2. (ii)

      it is not situated in a restricted zone established due to the occurrence in bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals of a category A disease or of an emerging disease relevant for those animals.