
Article 1 
Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
Article 2 
Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3 
Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Decision.
Article 4 
Article 3 of this Decision shall apply from 1 July 2017.
For a transitional period until 31 December 2017, consignments of semen of ovine and caprine animals, accompanied by a health certificate issued in accordance with the model set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU, as applicable before the amendments made by this Decision, shall be authorised for importation into the Union provided that the certificate was issued no later than 30 November 2017.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2016.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Annex E to Directive 91/68/EEC is replaced by the following:

ANNEX E 



ANNEX II

In Annex III to Decision 2010/470/EU, Part A is replaced by the following:
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Part A Model health certificate IIIA for trade within the Union in consignments of semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species collected in accordance with Council Directive 92/65/EEC after 31 August 2010 and dispatched from an approved semen collection centre of origin of the semen

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ANNEX III

In Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU, Section A is replaced by the following:
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Section A 

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