Specific animal health requirements for donor animals kept in confined establishment
Article 96
Consignments of the germinal products referred to in Article 95 shall be only permitted to enter the Union if they were collected from donor animals that comply with the following requirements: (a) the donor animals did not come from an establishment, nor been in contact with animals from an establishment, situated in a restricted zone established due to the occurrence of a category A disease or of an emerging disease relevant for the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals; (b) the donor animals come from an establishment where none of the category D diseases relevant for bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals have been reported for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of collection of the semen, oocytes or embryos; (c) the donor animals remained in a single confined establishment of origin for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of collection of semen, oocytes or embryos intended for entry into the Union and during the period of that collection; (d) the donor animals were clinically examined by the establishment veterinarian responsible for the activities carried out at confined establishment, and showed no disease symptoms on the day the semen, oocytes or embryos were collected; (e) as much as possible, the donor animals were not used for natural breeding during a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of first collection of semen, oocytes or embryos intended for entry into the Union and during the period of that collection; (f) the donor animals are identified in accordance with Article 21.