Richtlijn 1990/429 - Veterinairrechtelijke voorschriften van toepassing op het intragemeenschappelijke handelsverkeer in sperma van varkens en de invoer daarvan - Hoofdinhoud

It lays down the animal health conditions for the trade in pig semen between EU countries and imports from elsewhere in the world.

Its aim is to reduce the risk of spreading animal diseases.

The semen must be from healthy domestic animals, and collected and processed in approved centres.

Special conditions apply to the collection, processing, storage and transport of the semen.

National authorities are responsible for ensuring the collection centres meet the necessary standards and are given a veterinary registration number.

Each consignment of semen must have an animal health certificate.

Imported semen may only come from authorised collection centres in non-EU countries on an approved list.

When considering placing a country on the approved list, the EU takes account of factors such as the general health of its livestock, its animal disease prevention rules and its ability to comply with the EU rules.

Imported semen must be accompanied by an animal health certificate. Each consignment is checked when it enters the EU before being transported to its destination.

An EU country expecting a consignment, either directly or indirectly, from outside Europe, must ban its import if the semen could pass on a contagious disease to EU animals.

European Commission vet experts, working with local authorities, may carry out on-the-spot checks in non-EU countries.