

                  Article 1 

(1.) The appropriate authority may authorise imports of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species if the embryos—
(a) were collected or produced in a third country listed in Annex 1 to this Decision, or part thereof, as the appropriate authority may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article;
(b) are accompanied by the model certificate referred to in Articles 2 and 3; and
(c) were collected or produced by embryo collection or production teams which meet the conditions—
(i) described in subparagraphs (a) to (c) of Article 8(1) of Directive 89/556/EEC, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day and as read in accordance with paragraph 3; and
(ii) imposed by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), relating to the protection of public health or animal health in Great Britain on the import of a consignment of embryos, in a document published for the purposes of this Article.
(2.) In this Decision:
 “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the  “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
 “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.
(3.) For the purposes of this Article, subparagraph (b) of Article 8(1) of, and Chapter II of Annex A to, Directive 89/556/EEC are to be read as if—
(a) in Article 8(1)(b), for  “the Community” there were substituted “
                                Great Britain
                              ”;
(b) in Annex A, in Chapter II—
(i) in paragraph 1(a), for  “this Directive” there were substituted “
                                    national legislation
                                  ”;
(ii) in paragraph 1(h), the final sentence were omitted;
(iii) paragraph 1(m) were omitted;
(iv) in paragraph 1(n), the second and final sentences were omitted;
(v) in paragraph 2, in the final subparagraph, for  “Directive 88/407/EEC” there were substituted “national legislation relating to the storage of bovine semen.
Article 2 
The appropriate authority  shall authorise imports of embryos derived by in vivo fertilisation and complying with the animal health requirements set out in the model veterinary certificate  , in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time.
Article 3 

1. The appropriate authority shall authorise imports of embryos which are produced by in vitro fertilisation using semen from a third country listed in Annex 1 of Commission Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU and in respect of which the model veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, has been completed to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority.
2. The appropriate authority must authorise imports of embryos which are produced by in vitro fertilisation using semen produced in approved semen collection centres or stored in semen storage centres in third countries which comply with the animal health requirements set out in a model veterinary certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time, on condition that such embryos are implanted exclusively into female bovine animals present in the country of destination indicated in that certificate.
Article 4 
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Article 5 
Decision 2005/217/EC is repealed.
Article 6 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2006.
Article 7 
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ANNEX I
            


                              ISO code
                            
                              Third country
                            
                              Applicable veterinary certificate
                           

                              AR
                            
                              Argentina
                            ... ... ...

                              AU
                            
                              Australia
                            ... ... ...

                              CA
                            
                              Canada
                            ... ... ...

                              CH
                            
                              Switzerland
                              
                            ... ... ...
EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway
...
                           

                              IL
                            
                              Israel
                            ...
                            ... ...

                              MK
                            
                              the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
                              
                            ... ... ...

                              NZ
                            
                              New Zealand ... ... ...

                              US
                            
                              United States
                            ... ... ...
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ANNEX II
            
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ANNEX III
            
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ANNEX IV
            
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ANNEX V
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