
Article 1 
Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
Article 2 
Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC is replaced by Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3 
For a transitional period ending 31 March 2006, Member States shall authorise the importation of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species provided that such semen:

((a)) complies with the conditions set out in the model veterinary certificate in Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC that was applicable before the date of application of the present Decision; and
((b)) is accompanied by such a certificate duly completed.
Article 4 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2006.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 January 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

The second subparagraph of Chapter I(1)(d) of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC is replaced by the following:
'The competent authority may give authorisation for the tests referred to in (d) to be carried out on samples collected in the quarantine station. In this case, the period of quarantine referred to in (a) may not commence before the date of sampling. However, should any of the tests listed in (d) prove positive, the animal concerned shall be immediately removed from the isolation unit. In the event of group isolation, the quarantine period referred to in (a) may not commence for the remaining animals until the animal which tested positive has been removed.'

ANNEX II


ANNEX II 
PART 1
The following model certificate is applicable to imports of semen collected in accordance with Council Directive 88/407/EEC, as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC.

PART 2
The following model certificate is applicable from 1 January 2005 to imports of stocks of semen collected, processed and stored before 31 December 2004 in accordance with the conditions previously laid down in Council Directive 88/407/EEC and imported after that date in accordance with Article 2(2) of Directive 2003/43/EC.

