Article 14

1. If a contagious animal disease which can be carried by embryos breaks out or spreads or if any other reason connected with animal health which might endanger the health of the livestock in a Member State so justify and where: the territory of a Member State is concerned, the safeguard measures laid down in Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EEC may be applied, all or part of the territory of a third country is concerned, the Member State of destination shall prohibit the importation of those embryos whether imported directly or indirectly through another Member State, either from the whole of the third country or from part only of its territory. 2. Measures taken by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1 and the repeal of such measures must be communicated immediately to the other Member States and the Commission together with the reasons for such measures. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 it may be decided that those measures must be amended, in particular in order to coordinate them with measures adopted by other Member States, or that they must be repealed. 3. If the situation envisaged in paragraph 1 arises and if it is necessary that other Member States also apply the measures taken under that paragraph, amended where necessary in accordance with paragraph 2, appropriate steps shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17. Resumption of importation from the third country concerned shall be authorized in accordance with the same procedure.

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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.