# 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), Article 27: Responsibilities of centre veterinarians and team veterinarians for compliance with the animal health requirements for the transport of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals

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

1. Where germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals are moved to another Member State or to a germinal product processing establishment or a germinal product storage centre within the same Member State, the centre veterinarian or the team veterinarian shall ensure that:
(a) the transport containers are sealed and numbered prior to their dispatch from the approved germinal product establishment;
(b) the mark on the straws or other packages, applied in accordance with Article 10, corresponds with the number provided either in the animal health certificate or in the self-declaration document and on the container in which they are transported.
2. The seal referred to in paragraph 1(a) applied under the responsibility of the centre veterinarian or the team veterinarian may be replaced by the official veterinarian.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/686/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/article-27
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