The establishment of origin of donor ovine and caprine animals
Article 91
Consignments of semen, oocytes and embryos of ovine and caprine animals shall only be permitted to enter the Union if they were collected from donor animals which: (a) did not come from an establishment, nor been in contact with animals from an establishment, in the case of a kept donor animal of semen prior to its admission to a quarantine accommodation, which has been subjected to movement restrictions as regards infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis. The movement restrictions concerning the establishment are lifted after the period comprising at least 42 days from the date of the slaughter and the disposal of the last animal infected or susceptible to that disease; (b) come from an establishment, that was free from infection with B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis and has never been kept previously in any establishment of a lower status.