Derogation from the animal health requirements for donor bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals moved between semen collection centres
Article 19
1. By way of derogation from point (b) of Article 18, operators may move donor bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine animals, and donor equine animals subjected to the testing programme for certain diseases as referred to in point 1(b)(i) of Chapter I of Part 4 of Annex II, directly from one semen collection centre to another semen collection centre: (a) without quarantine or testing, before and after the movement, as referred to in Annex II for the following animals: (i) for bovine animals, in Part 1 and Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 thereof; (ii) for porcine animals, in Part 2 and Chapters I and IV of Part 5 thereof; (iii) for ovine and caprine animals, in Part 3 and Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 thereof; (iv) for equine animals, in point 1(a) of Chapter I of Part 4 thereof; and (b) provided that the donor animals: (i) show no disease symptoms or signs of any of the category D diseases relevant for the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals on the day of that movement; (ii) before that movement, they were permanently present since the date of their admission at the semen collection centre and were subjected to the following tests relevant for the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals referred to in paragraph 1(a), with negative results: — all compulsory routine tests referred to in Annex II in the period of the preceding 12 months prior to date of that movement, or — where the compulsory routine tests have not yet been carried out at the semen collection centre, all tests required before admission to a semen collection centre carried out during the period immediately preceding quarantine and during the quarantine period. 2. Operators shall only move donor animals, as referred to in the introductory phrase of paragraph 1, where the movement is authorised by the competent authority of the semen collection centre of origin and with the prior consent of the centre veterinarian of the semen collection centre of destination. 3. Operators shall ensure that donor animals referred to in the introductory phrase of paragraph 1 do not come into direct or indirect contact with animals of a lower health status during the movement and the means of transport used have been cleansed and disinfected before use. 4. Operators of semen collection centres of destination shall subject donor animals referred to in the introductory phrase of paragraph 1 to all compulsory routine tests referred to in paragraph 1(a) not later than 12 months following the date the last compulsory routine tests were carried out on those animals.