Responsibilities of centre veterinarians and team veterinarians for compliance with the animal health requirements for donor bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals from which germinal products were collected
Article 16
Centre veterinarians, as regards donor animals of semen, or team veterinarians, as regards donor animals of oocytes and embryos, shall ensure that the donor bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals comply with the following requirements: (a) they were born and have remained since birth in the Union, or have entered the Union in accordance with the requirements for entry into the Union; (b) they come from establishments in a Member State or zone thereof, or from establishments under official control by the competent authority in a third country or territory, or a zone thereof, each of which fulfils the animal health requirements laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688: (i) for bovine animals in Article 10(1), Article 11(1), (2) and (3) and Article 12(1), (2) and (3); (ii) for porcine animals in Article 19(1) and Article 20(1) and (2); (iii) for ovine and caprine animals in Article 15(1), (2), (3) and (4); (iv) for equine animals in Article 22(1) and (2); (c) they have been identified in accordance with requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2035: (i) for bovine animals in Article 38; (ii) for porcine animals in Article 52(1) or 54(2); (iii) for ovine and caprine animals in Article 45(2) or (4), or Article 46(1), (2) or (3); (iv) for equine animals in Article 58(1) or 59(1) or 62(1); (d) for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the first collection of the germinal products and during the collection period: (i) they have been kept in establishments which are 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; (ii) they have been kept in establishments where no category D diseases relevant for those animals have been reported; (iii) they have not been in contact with animals from establishments situated in a restricted zone referred to in point (i) or from establishments which do not meet the conditions referred to in point (ii); (iv) they have not been used for natural breeding; (e) they showed neither symptoms nor clinical signs of any of the category D diseases referred to in point (d)(ii) or of the emerging diseases on the day of collection of the semen, oocytes or embryos; (f) they comply with the additional animal health requirements set out: (i) for bovine animals in Article 20, and in Part 1 and Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 of Annex II; (ii) for porcine animals in Article 21, and in Part 2 and Chapters I and IV of Part 5 of Annex II; (iii) for ovine and caprine animals in Article 22, and in Part 3 and Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 of Annex II; (iv) for equine animals in Article 23, and in Part 4 of Annex II.