
Article 1 
Annex D to Directive 88/407/EEC is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.
Article 2 
Decision 2004/639/EC is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1, the following paragraph is added:
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5. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, Member States shall authorise the importation of semen referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of domestic animals of the bovine species dispatched from approved semen storage centres, conforming to the conditions laid down in the model veterinary certificate in Annex II, Part 3 and accompanied by such a certificate duly completed.'
2.. Annexes I and II are replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2008.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 2008.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I


ANNEX D  ANNEX D1  ANNEX D2  ANNEX D3 Model of certificate applicable to intra-Community trade in semen dispatched from an approved semen storage centre or an approved semen collection centre:

— either collected in accordance with Council Directive 88/407/EEC as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC;
— or collected, processed and/or stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Council Directive 88/407/EEC, applying until 1 July 2003 and traded after that date in accordance with Article 2(2) of Directive 2003/43/EC.




ANNEX II

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ANNEX I 
ISO code Country Description of territory(if appropriate) Additional guarantees
AU Australia  The additional guarantees set out in points II.5.4.1.2 and II.5.4.2.2 of the certificate in Part 1 of Annex II are compulsory.
CA Canada Territory as described in Part 1 of Annex I to Council Decision 79/542/EEC. The additional guarantee set out in point II.5.4.1.2 of the certificate in Part 1 of Annex II is compulsory.
CH Switzerland  
HR Croatia  
NZ New Zealand  
US United States  The additional guarantee set out in point II.5.4.1.2 of the certificate in Part 1 of Annex II is compulsory.

ANNEX II 
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
Model certificate applicable to imports and transits of semen dispatched from an approved semen storage centre or an approved semen collection centre:


— either collected and processed in accordance with the conditions of Council Directive 88/407/EEC as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC;
— or collected, processed and stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Council Directive 88/407/EEC applying until 1 July 2003, and imported after 31 December 2004 in accordance with Article 2(2) of Directive 2003/43/EC.
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