Article 3

Each Member State shall ensure that embryos shall not be sent from its territory to that of another Member State unless they meet the following conditions: (b) they must have been collected from domestic animals of the bovine species whose health status complies with Annex B of this Directive; (c) they must have been collected, processed and stored by an embryo collection team approved in accordance with Article 5 (1); (d) they must have been collected, processed and stored by the embryo collection team in accordance with Annex A of this Directive; (e) they must be accompanied, during transport to the Member State of destination, by an animal health certificate complying with Article 6 (1). they must have been conceived as a result of artificial insemination with semen from a donor sire standing at a semen collection centre as defined in Article 2 (b) of Directive 88/407/EEC (8). In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, the Commission may authorize trade in embryos of certain specific species conceived as a result of natural service by bulls whose health status complies with Annex B to that Directive;

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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.