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Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 4 Semen and Embryos

PART 1 Centres or premises from which semen or embryos may be collected

1.  The centre or premises must have been free from foot-and mouth disease for at least three months prior to the date of collection of the semen or embryos.

2.  It must be situated in the centre of an area of 10 km radius in which there has been no case of foot-and-mouth disease for at least the 30 days prior to the date of collection.

PART 2 Storage conditions for frozen semen and embryos

1.  Frozen bovine embryos must have been stored in accordance with the Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995(28).

2.  Frozen porcine semen must have been stored in accordance with Chapters I and II of Annex A of Council Directive 90/429/EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species(29).

3.  Frozen porcine embryos must have been stored in accordance with Chapter III of Annex D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

4.  Frozen ovine or caprine semen must have been stored in accordance with Chapters I and III of Annex D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

5.  Frozen ovine or caprine embryos must have been stored in accordance with Chapter III of Annex D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and remake The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) Regulations 2007. They implement Commission Decision 2007/554/EC as last amended by the Commission Decision of 5 December 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (not yet published in the Official Journal). The Commission Decision of 5 December extends the categories of products derived from animals which may be exported, and extends the areas from which such export may take place.

They regulate—

(a) the movement and export of live animals (regulations 3 and 5);

(b) the export of meat from bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine animals and other biungulates, (regulation 5);

(c) the marking of meat not eligible for export (regulation 6);

(d) the export of meat products, milk and dairy products (regulations 7, 8 and 9); and

(e) the export of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulates (regulation 10), hides and skins (regulation 11) and various animal products (regulation 12).

They create an offence of offering to export anything which it is prohibited to export under the Regulations (regulation 16).

They provide powers for enforcement, and powers for officers of Revenue and Customs (regulations 20 to 22) and create an offence of obstruction (regulation 23).

Breach of the Regulations is an offence, punishable with up to two years' imprisonment.

The Regulations are enforced by the Welsh Ministers or the local authority (regulation 28).

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.