MODEL ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF CONSIGNMENTS OF STOCKS OF SEMEN OF OVINE AND CAPRINE ANIMALS COLLECTED, PROCESSED AND STORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/65/EEC BEFORE 21 APRIL 2021, DISPATCHED AFTER 20 APRIL 2021 FROM THE SEMEN COLLECTION CENTRE WHERE THE SEMEN WAS COLLECTED (MODEL “OV/CAP-SEM-B-ENTRY”) AUSTRALIA [CVD] Animal health certificate to the EU
Part I: Description of consignment	I.1. Consignor/ Exporter	I.2. Certificate reference	I.2.a. IMSOC reference
Name: Address: Country: Iso country code:	RME-00XXXX
I.3. Central competent authority
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	QR CODE
I.4. Local competent authority
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
I.5. Consignee/ Importer	I.6. Operator responsible for the consignment
Name: Address: Country: Iso country code:	Name: Address: Country: Iso country code:
I.7. Country of origin Australia	ISO code AU	I.8. Region of Origin	Code	I.9. Country of destination	ISO Code	I.10. Region of destination	Code
I.11. Place of dispatch	I.12. Place of destination
Name: Address: Country: Iso country code: Registration/Approval Number: XXXXXX	Name: Address: Country: Iso country code: Registration/Approval Number: XXXXXX
I.13. Place of loading XXXXXXXX, AUSTRALIA	I.14. Date and time of departure dd/mm/yyyy
I.15. Means of transport	I.16. Entry Border Control Post XXXXXX
Aeroplane Vessel Road vehicle Railway Identification: Flights: XXXXXX MAWB:XXXXXX
I.17.
I.18.	Transport conditions	□ Ambient	□ Chilled	Frozen
I.19. Container number/Seal number Container No: XXXXXXXXXXX Seal No: XXXXXX
I.20. Certified as or for Germinal products
I.21. For transit Third Country ISO code	I.22. For internal market
I.23.
I.24. Total number of packages # cryogenic containers	I.25. Total quantity # straws	I.26.
I.27. Description of consignment
CN Code: 05 11 99 85 Species: [Ovis aries] / [Capra hircus]
Subspecies/Category	Identification number	Quantity	Type	Approval or registration number of plant/establishment centre	Identification mark	Date of collection	Test
See attachment 1

AUSTRALIA	Animal health certificate to the EU
II. Health Information	II.a. Certificate reference No RME-00XXXX	II.b. IMSOC reference
Part II: Certification	I, the undersigned centre veterinarian, hereby declare that: II.1. The exporting country AUSTRALIA…………………………………………………………………… (name of exporting country) (1) II.1.1. has been free from rinderpest, infection with peste des petits ruminants virus, sheep and goat pox, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia and Rift Valley fever during the 12 month period immediately prior to collection of the semen to be exported and until its date of dispatch to the Union and no vaccination against these diseases took place during that period; II.1.2. has been free from foot-and-mouth disease during the 12 month period immediately prior to collection of the semen to be exported and until its date of dispatch to the Union and no vaccination against this disease took place during that period. II.2. The semen collection centre(2) described in Box I.11. and at which the semen to be exported was collected and stored: II.2.1. met the conditions for the approval of semen collection centres laid down in Chapter I(I)(1) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC; II.2.2. was operated and supervised in accordance with the conditions applicable to semen collection centres and storage centres laid down in Chapter I(II)(1) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC. II.3. The [ovine](3) [caprine](3) animals standing at the semen collection centre: II.3.1. prior to their stay in the quarantine accommodation described in point II.3.3., (3)(4)either [II.3.1.1. originate from the territory described in Box I.8., which has been recognised as officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free,] (3)or [II.3.1.1. have belonged to a holding which has obtained and maintained its officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free status in accordance with Directive 91/68/EEC,] (3)or [II.3.1.1. originate from a holding, where in respect of brucellosis (B. melitensis) all susceptible animals have been free from clinical or any signs of this disease for the last 12 month period, none of the ovine and caprine animals have been vaccinated against this disease, save those vaccinated with Rev. 1 vaccine more than 2 years ago, and all ovine and caprine animals over 6 months of age have been subjected to at least 2 tests(5), carried out with negative results on samples taken on____________(date) and on ___________(date) at least 6 months apart, the latter being within 30 days before entry into the quarantine accommodation,] (3)and have not been kept previously in a holding of a lower status; II.3.1.2. have been kept continuously for at least 60 days on a holding where no case of contagious epididymitis (Brucella ovis) has been diagnosed in the last 12 month period, (3)and [they are animals of the ovine species and have undergone during the 60 days prior to their stay in the quarantine accommodation described in point II.3.3. a complement fixation test, or any other test with an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity, to detect contagious epididymitis with result of less than 50 ICFTU/ml;] II.3.1.3. to the best of my knowledge do not come from holdings and have not been in contact with animals of a holding, in which, based on the official notification system and according to the written declaration made by the owner, any of the following diseases has been clinically detected within the periods referred to in points (a) to (d) prior to their stay in the quarantine accommodation described in point II.3.3. contagious agalactia of sheep or goats (Mycoplasma agalactiae, Mycoplasma capricolum, Mycoplasma mycoides var. mycoides "large colony"), within the last 6 months, paratuberculosis and caseous lymphadenitis, within the last 12 month period, pulmonary adenomatosis, within the last 3 years; (3)either [(d) Maedi/Visna for sheep or caprine viral arthritis/encephalitis for goats, within the last 3 years;] (3)or [(d) Maedi/Visna for sheep or caprine viral arthritis/encephalitis for goats, within the last 12 month period, and all the infected animals were slaughtered and remaining animals subsequently reacted negatively to two tests carried out at least 6 months apart;] II.3.2. have undergone the following tests carried out on a blood sample collected within the 28 days preceding the commencement of the period of quarantine specified in point II.3.3. for: – brucellosis (B. melitensis), with negative results in each case in accordance with Annex C to Directive 91/68/EEC; – contagious epididymitis (Brucella. ovis), in the case of sheep only, with negative results in each case in accordance with Annex D to Directive 91/68/EEC, or any other test with an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity; – border disease in accordance with point 1.4(c) of Chapter II(II) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC; II.3.3. have satisfied the quarantine isolation period of at least 28 days in a quarantine accommodation specifically approved for the purpose by the competent authority and during that period: II.3.3.1. only animals of at least the same health status were present in the quarantine accommodation; II.3.3.2. the animals have undergone the following tests, carried out by the laboratory approved by the competent authority of the exporting country on samples taken not earlier than 21 days after the animals were admitted to the quarantine accommodation, for: – brucellosis (B. melitensis) with negative results in each case in accordance with Annex C to Directive 91/68/EEC; – contagious epididymitis (Brucella ovis), in the case of sheep only, with negative results in each case in accordance with Annex D to Directive 91/68/EEC, or any other test with an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity; – border disease in accordance with point 1.6 of Chapter II(II) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC; II.3.4. have undergone at least once a year the routine tests for: – brucellosis (B. melitensis) with negative results in each case in accordance with Annex C to Directive 91/68/EEC; – contagious epididymitis (Brucella ovis), in the case of sheep only, with negative results in each case in accordance with Annex D to Directive 91/68/EEC, or any other test with an equivalent documented sensitivity and specificity; – border disease in accordance with point 5(c) of Chapter II(II) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC. II.4. The semen to be exported was obtained from donor [rams] (3) [bucks] (3) which: II.4.1. were admitted to the approved semen collection centre with the express permission of the centre veterinarian. II.4.2. show no clinical signs of disease on the day of admission to the approved semen collection centre and on the day the semen was collected; (3)either [II.4.3. have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease during the 12 month period prior to collection of the semen;] (3)or [II.4.3. have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease at least 30 days prior to the collection, and 5 % (with a minimum of five straws) of each collection have been submitted to a virus isolation test for foot-and-mouth disease with negative results;] II.4.4. have been kept at an approved semen collection centre for a continuous period of at least 30 days immediately prior to collection of the semen, in the case of collections of fresh semen; II.4.5. have not served naturally after their entry to the quarantine accommodation described in point II.3.3. and up to and including the day of semen collection; II.4.6. have been kept at approved semen collection centres: II.4.6.1. which have been free from foot-and-mouth disease for at least 3 months prior to collection of the semen and 30 days after collection or, in the case of fresh semen, until the date of dispatch, and which are situated in the centre of an area of 10 kilometres radius in which there has been no case of foot-and-mouth disease for at least 30 days prior to collection of the semen; II.4.6.2. which have been free, during the period commencing 30 days prior to collection and ending 30 days after collection of the semen or, in the case of fresh semen, until the date of dispatch, from brucellosis (B. melitensis), contagious epididymitis (Brucella. ovis), anthrax and rabies; (3)either [II.4.7. have remained in the exporting country for at least the past 6 months prior to collection of the semen to be exported;] (3)or [II.4.7. during the last 6 months prior to collection of the semen they complied with the animal health conditions applying to donors of the semen which is intended for export to the Union and they have been imported into the exporting country at least 30 days prior to collection of the semen from _____________________ (1);] (3)either [II.4.8. were kept in a bluetongue virus-free country or zone for at least 60 days prior to, and during, collection of the semen;] (3)or [II.4.8. were kept during a bluetongue virus seasonally-free period in a seasonally-free zone for at least 60 days prior to, and during collection of the semen;] (3)or [II.4.8. were kept in a vector-protected establishment for at least 60 days prior to, and during collection of the semen;] (3)or [II.4.8. were subjected to a serological test for the detection of antibody to the bluetongue virus group, carried out in accordance with the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, with negative results, on blood samples taken at least every 60 days throughout the collection period and between 21 and 60 days after the final collection for this consignment of semen;] (3)or [II.4.8. were subjected to an agent identification test for bluetongue virus, carried out in accordance with the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals with negative results on blood samples taken at commencement and final collection for this consignment of semen and at least every 7 days (virus isolation test) or at least every 28 days (PCR test) during collection for this consignment of semen;] (3)(6)either [II.4.9. were resident in the exporting country which according to official findings is free from epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD);] (3)or [II.4.9. were resident in the exporting country in which according to official findings the following serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) exist: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 & 8 and were subjected with negative results in each case to: (3)either [a serological test(7) for the detection of antibody to the EHDV group carried out in an approved laboratory on samples of blood taken on two occasions not more than 12 months apart prior to and not less than 21 days after the final collection for this consignment of semen.] (3)or [a serological test(7) for the detection of antibody to the EHDV group, carried out in an approved laboratory on samples of blood taken at intervals of not more than 60 days throughout the collection period and between 21 and 60 days after the final collection for this consignment of semen.] (3)or [an agent identification test(7) carried out in an approved laboratory on samples of blood taken at commencement and conclusion of, and at least every 7 days (virus isolation test) or at least every 28 days (PCR test) during collection for this consignment of semen.] II.4.10. comply with the following conditions as regards classical scrapie: II.4.10.1. they have been kept continuously since birth in a country where the following conditions are fulfilled: II.4.10.1.1. classical scrapie is compulsorily notifiable; II.4.10.1.2. an awareness, surveillance and monitoring system is in place; II.4.10.1.3. ovine and caprine animals affected with classical scrapie are killed and completely destroyed; II.4.10.1.4. the feeding to ovine and caprine animals of meat-and-bone meal, or greaves of ruminant origin has been banned and effectively enforced in the whole country for a period of at least 7 years; And (6)either [II.4.10.2. they have been kept continuously for the last 3 years preceding the date of the collection of the semen to be exported in a holding or holdings which has/have been complying for the last 3 years before the collection of the semen to be exported with the requirements set out in points 1.3. (a) to (f) of Section A of Chapter A of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;] (3)or [II.4.10.2. they are ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.] II.5. The semen to be exported: II.5.1. was collected after the date on which the semen collection centre was approved by the competent authority of the exporting country; II.5.2. was collected, processed, preserved, stored and transported in accordance with the requirements applicable to semen laid down in Chapter III(I) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC; II.5.3. was sent to the place of loading in a sealed container in accordance with the requirements for semen to be subject to trade laid down in point 1.4 of Chapter III(I) of Annex D to Directive 92/65/EEC and bearing the number indicated in Box I.19. (3)either [II.6. No antibiotics were added to the semen.] (3)or [II.6. The following antibiotic or combination of antibiotics was added to produce a concentration in the final diluted semen of not less than(8): ___________________________] Notes This animal health certificate is intended for the entry into the Union of semen of ovine and caprine animals, including when the Union is not the final destination of the semen. In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, references to the Union in this animal health certificate include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This animal health certificate shall be completed according to the notes for the completion of certificates provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. Part I: Box reference I.11: “Place of dispatch”: Indicate the unique approval number and the name and address of the embryo collection or production team of dispatch of the consignment of embryos. Only embryo collection or production teams listed in accordance with Article 8(2) of Directive 89/556/EEC on the Commission website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/semen_ova/bovine/ova_embryos_en.htm. Box reference I.19: Seal number shall be indicated. Box reference I.24: Total number of packages shall correspond to the number of containers. Box reference I.27: “Species”: Select amongst “Ovis aries” or “Capra hircus” as appropriate. “Type”: Indicate semen. “Identification number”: Indicate the identification number of each donor animal. “Identification mark”: Indicate the mark on the straw or other packages where semen of the consignment is placed. “Date of collection/production” Indicate the date on which semen of the consignment were collected. “Approval or registration number of plant/establishment/centre”: Indicate the unique approval number of the semen collection centre in which the semen of the consignment was collected. “Quantity”: Indicate the number of straws or other packages with the same mark. Part II: (1) Only third country or territory, or zone thereof listed in Annex X to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 for semen of ovine and caprine animals. (2) Only semen collection centres listed in accordance with Article 233(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on the Commission website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/semen_ova/ovine/index_en.htm. (3) Delete if not applicable. (4) Only for the third country or territory, or zone thereof appearing with an entry "V" in column 6 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 (OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.). (5) Tests shall be carried out in accordance with Annex C to Directive 91/68/EEC. (6) See remarks for exporting country concerned in Annex I to Decision 2010/472/EU. (7) The standards for EHD virus diagnostic tests are described in the Bluetongue Chapter of the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals. (8) Insert names and concentrations.
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I.27 Description of consignment
CN Code: 05 11 99 85 Species: [Ovis aries] / [Capra hircus] Subspecies/Category: XXXXXX Type: Semen Approval or registration number of plant/ establishment centre: XXXXXX
Identification number	Quantity	Identification mark	Date of collection/ production	Test