Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/880 of 5 March 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the traceability, animal health and certification requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals (Text with EEA relevance)

‘3 By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a)(iii), the team veterinarian may accept a donor animal of oocytes and embryos which came from an establishment which was not free from enzootic bovine leukosis provided that the official veterinarian responsible for the establishment of origin has certified that there has been no clinical case of enzootic bovine leukosis during a period of at least the preceding 3 years.’;

In the event of power cuts and other disturbances of the IMSOC, the competent authority of the place of origin of the consignment of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals to be moved between Member States shall comply with the contingency arrangements set out in Article 46 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 .

In the event of power cuts and other disturbances of the IMSOC, the competent authority of the place of origin of the consignment of germinal products of kept terrestrial animals other than bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals to be moved between Member State shall comply with the contingency arrangements set out in Article 46 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.’;

In the event of power cuts and other disturbances of the IMSOC, the competent authority of the place of origin of the consignment of germinal products intended for scientific purposes or for storage in gene banks to be moved between Member State shall comply with the contingency arrangements set out in Article 46 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.’;

1 Semen collection centres, semen storage centres, embryo collection teams and embryo production teams which have been approved before 21 April 2021 in accordance with Directives 88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC and 92/65/EEC referred to in the 6th, 7th, 8th and 12th indents of the first subparagraph of Article 270(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 shall be considered to have been approved in accordance with Article 97 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and Article 4 of this Regulation. In all other respects, they shall be subject to the rules provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and in this Regulation.

2 Semen, oocytes and embryos collected, produced, processed and stored before 21 April 2021 shall be allowed to be moved between Member States, provided they fulfil, as regards the collection, production, processing and storage of germinal products, animal health requirements for donor animals and laboratory and other tests carried out on donor animals and germinal products, the requirements laid down in Directives 88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC and 92/65/EEC.

3 Straws and other packages in which semen, oocytes or embryos, whether or not separated into individual doses, are placed, stored and transported, marked before 21 April 2021 in accordance with Directives 88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC and 92/65/EEC shall be considered to have been marked in accordance with Article 121 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and Article 10 of this Regulation.

4 Animal health certificates issued before 21 April 2021 in accordance with Directives 88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC and 92/65/EEC shall be considered to have been issued in accordance with Article 162 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and Articles 30 and 31 of this Regulation.’;

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 21 April 2021.