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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-686/article-3.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": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirements for the approval of germinal product establishments for bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals",
  "text": "Operators of the following germinal product establishments for bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals shall apply in accordance with Article 94(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 to the competent authority for approval for the purpose of moving consignments of germinal products of those animals to other Member States:\n(a) the establishment where semen of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals is collected, processed and stored for approval as a semen collection centre;\n(b) the group of professionals or the structure supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage of embryos of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals for approval as a embryo collection team;\n(c) the group of professionals or the structure supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage of oocytes and production, processing and storage of embryos of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals for approval as an embryo production team;\n(d) the establishment where fresh, chilled or frozen semen, oocytes or embryos of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals are processed and stored for approval as a germinal product processing establishment;\n(e) the establishment where fresh, chilled or frozen semen, oocytes or embryos of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals are stored for approval as a germinal product storage centre.",
  "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/article/3",
    "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."
}