Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species
Modified by
  • Council Directiveof 26 June 1990concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(90/425/EEC), 31990L0425, August 18, 1990
  • Council Directive 93/52/EECof 24 June 1993amending Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species, 31993L0052, July 19, 1993
  • Commission Decisionof 8 February 1994amending Council Directive 89/556/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(Text with EEA relevance)(94/113/EC), 31994D0113, February 24, 1994
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003of 14 April 2003adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adopted in accordance with the consultation procedure (qualified majority), 32003R0806, May 16, 2003
  • Commission Decisionof 2 February 2006amending Annex C to Council Directive 89/556/EEC as regards the model animal health certificate for intra-Community trade in embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(notified under document number C(2006) 193)(Text with EEA relevance)(2006/60/EC), 32006D0060, February 3, 2006
  • Council Directive 2008/73/ECof 15 July 2008simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields and amending Directives 64/432/EEC, 77/504/EEC, 88/407/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 90/428/EEC, 90/429/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 91/68/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/65/EEC, 92/66/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 94/28/EC, 2000/75/EC, Decision 2000/258/EC and Directives 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC and 2005/94/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008L0073, August 14, 2008
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 9 March 2016on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (Animal Health Law)(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0429, March 31, 2016
Council Directiveof 25 September 1989on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(89/556/EEC) CHAPTER IGeneral provisions
Article 11.This Directive defines the animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of fresh and frozen embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species.2.This Directive shall not apply to embryos derived by transfer of nuclei.
Article 2For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC and Article 2 of Directive 72/462/EEC shall apply as necessary.Moreover:(a)"embryo" means the initial stage of development of a domestic animal of the bovine species while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;(b)"embryo collection team" means an officially approved group of technicians or structure supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage of embryos according to the conditions set out in Annex A;(c)"team veterinarian" means the veterinarian responsible for the supervision of an embryo collection team in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex A;(d)"consignment of embryos" means a quantity of embryos removed in one operation from a single donor and covered by a single certificate;(e)"country of collection" means the Member State or third country in which embryos are produced, collected, processed and, where necessary, stored, and from which they are sent to a Member State;(f)"approved diagnostic laboratory" means a laboratory situated in the territory of a Member State or third country approved by the competent veterinary authority to carry out the diagnostic tests laid down in this Directive;(g)"embryo production team" means an officially approved embryo collection team for in vitro fertilization in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant Annex.

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