Article 11

1. Each consignment of embryos entering the territory of the Community shall be subjected to control before being put into free circulation or placed under a customs procedure. The admission of such embryos into the Community shall be prohibited if the import control made on arrival reveals that: the embryos do not come from the territory of a third country or parts thereof on the list drawn up in accordance with Article 7 (1), the embryos were not collected, processed and stored by an embryo collection team on the list provided for in Article 8 (1), the embryos come from the territory of a third country or parts thereof from which imports are prohibited in accordance with Article 14 (2), the animal health certificate which accompanies the embryos is not in conformity with the conditions laid down in Article 10 and fixed pursuant thereto. This paragraph shall not apply to consignments of embryos which arrive in the customs territory of the Community and are placed under a customs transit procedure for consignment to a destination situated outside the said territory. However, it shall be applicable where customs transit is waived during transport through the territory of the Community. 2. Necessary measures may be taken by a Member State of destination, including storage in quarantine, in order to obtain definite proof in cases where embryos are suspected of being contaminated by pathogenic organisms. 3. If the importation of embryos has been prohibited on any of the grounds set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 and the exporting third country does not within 30 days authorize the return of the embryos, the competent veterinary authority of the Member State of destination may order them to be destroyed.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.