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REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 176/2012
of 1 March 2012
amending Annexes B, C and D to Council Directive 90/429/EEC as regards animal health
requirements for brucellosis and Aujeszky’s disease
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
may refuse admission of semen from collection centres
where boars vaccinated against Aujeszky’s disease are
admitted to their territory, or to a region of their
territory, when it has been recognised as free of
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Aujeszky’s disease.
Union,
(4) Finally,
Annex
D
to
Directive
90/429/EEC
establishes
a
Having regard to Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June
model animal health certificate for trade in that
1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable
commodity.
to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of
domestic animals of the porcine species ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 17 thereof,
(5) Commission
Decision
2008/185/EC
of
21
February
2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community
Whereas:
trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria

to provide information on this disease ( 2 ) lays down
additional guarantees applicable to intra-Union trade in
pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease. In the interest of
(1) Directive
90/429/EEC
lays
down
the
animal
health
consistency of Union legislation, the animal health
conditions governing intra-Union trade in and imports
requirements applicable to donor male animals of the
from third countries of semen of domestic animals of the
porcine species and their semen set out in Annex B to
porcine species.
Directive 90/429/EEC should be aligned with Decision
2008/185/EC.
(2) Directive
90/429/EEC
provides
that
semen
intended
for
trade must have been collected from domestic animals of
(6) Equally
should
a
provision
be
inserted
in
point
4
of
the porcine species whose health status complies with
Annex C to Directive 90/429/EEC obliging Member
Annex B to that Directive. Chapter I of Annex B sets
States to inform the other Member States and the
out conditions applying to the admission of animals to
Commission when they use the right to refuse porcine
approved semen collection centres. Chapter II of that
semen produced in the semen collection centres keeping
Annex sets outs compulsory routine tests for animals
animals of the porcine species vaccinated against
kept at an approved semen collection centre.
Aujeszky’s disease.
(3) In
addition,
Directive
90/429/EEC
provides
that
semen (7) The
Commission
requested
the
European
Food
Safety
intended for trade must have been collected, processed,
Authority (EFSA) to assess the suitability of the
stored and transported in accordance with Annex C to
buffered Brucella antigen test (rose Bengal test) which
that Directive. That Annex sets out conditions which
currently is the only authorised test for brucellosis
semen collected at approved centres must satisfy for
diagnosis in Annex B to Directive 90/429/EEC and to
the purposes of intra-Union trade. Point 4 of Annex C
provide a scientific opinion on the suitability of other
to Directive 90/429/EEC provides that Member States
available diagnostic tests for inclusion in that Annex.
( 1 ) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.
( 2 ) OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 19.

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(8)
On 5 June 2009, EFSA adopted a Scientific Opinion of
(11) Annexes
B,
C
and
D
to
Directive
90/429/EEC
should
the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a
therefore be amended accordingly.
request from the Commission on porcine brucellosis
(Brucella suis) ( 1 ). EFSA concluded that a competitive
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) and an
(12) To
avoid
any
disruption
of
trade,
the
use
of
animal
indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA)
health certificates issued in accordance with Annex D
for the detection of antibodies to a Brucella suis
to Directive 90/429/EEC, before the amendments
infection may be considered for the purpose of testing
introduced by this Regulation, should be authorised
donor animals of the porcine species for admission to
during a transitional period subject to certain conditions.
the semen collection centres and for compulsory routine
testing during the stay or on exit from such centres.
(13) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Therefore, these tests should be included in Annex B to
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Directive 90/429/EEC along with the current buffered
Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Brucella antigen test (rose Bengal test).
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(9) In
addition,
it
is
necessary
to
revise
the
protocol
provided
for in Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 90/429/EEC to
Article 1
rule out or confirm a suspicion of brucellosis on
Annexes B, C and D to Directive 90/429/EEC are replaced by
admission of animals to the semen collection centres
the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
and to provide in Chapter II of that Annex that the re-
establishment of the health status of a semen collection
centre shall be carried out under the responsibility of the
Article 2
competent authority of a Member State.
For a transitional period until 31 July 2012, Member States may
authorise trade in semen of domestic animals of the porcine
species accompanied by an animal health certificate issued not
(10) It is also necessary to align the model animal health
later than 31 May 2012 in accordance with the model set out
certificate for intra-Union trade in semen of animals of
in Annex D to Directive 90/429/EEC in its version prior to the
the porcine species provided for in Annex D to Directive
amendments introduced by this Regulation.
90/429/EEC with the amendments in Annexes B and C.
The model animal health certificate should also be
presented in accordance with the standardised layout of
Article 3
veterinary certificates as set out in Commission Regu
lation (EC) No 599/2004 of 30 March 2004 concerning
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the adoption of a harmonised model certificate and
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
inspection report linked to intra-Community trade in
animals and products of animal origin ( 2 ).
It shall apply from 1 June 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 March 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) The EFSA Journal (2009) 1144, pp. 1-112 (http://www.efsa.europa.
eu/en/efsajournal/doc/1144.pdf).
( 2 ) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 44.

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX B
CHAPTER I
Conditions for the admission of domestic animals of the porcine species to a semen collection centre
1. All
domestic
animals
of
the
porcine
species
(‘animals’)
admitted
to
the
semen
collection
centre
must,
prior
to
admission:
1.1. have been subjected to a period of quarantine of at least 30 days in accommodation specifically approved for that
purpose by the competent authority, and where only animals having at least the same health status are present
(quarantine accommodation);
1.2. prior to entering the quarantine accommodation referred to in point 1.1:
1.2.1. have been chosen from herds or holdings:
(a) which are free of brucellosis in accordance with the Chapter on porcine brucellosis of the Terrestrial Animal
Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE);
(b) in which no animal vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease has been present in the preceding 12 months;
(c) in which no clinical, serological, virological or pathological evidence of Aujeszky’s disease has been detected in
the preceding 12 months;
(d) which are not situated in a restricted area defined under the provisions of Union legislation due to the
emergence of an infectious or contagious disease in domestic pigs, including foot-and-mouth disease, swine
vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis, classical swine fever and African swine fever;
1.2.2. not have been kept previously in any herd of a lower status than described in point 1.2.1;
1.3. within 30 days prior to entering the quarantine accommodation referred to in point 1.1 have been subjected to the
following tests, performed in accordance with standards laid down or referred to in relevant Union legislation, with
negative results:
(a) as regards brucellosis, a buffered Brucella antigen test (rose Bengal test), or a cELISA or an iELISA;
(b) as regards Aujeszky’s disease:
(i) in the case of non-vaccinated animals, an ELISA for detecting antibodies to the whole Aujeszky’s disease
virus or to its glycoprotein B (ADV-gB) or glycoprotein D (ADV-gD) or a serum neutralisation test;
(ii) in the case of animals vaccinated with a gE deleted vaccine, an ELISA for detecting antibodies to Aujeszky’s
disease virus glycoprotein E (ADV-gE);
(c) as regards classical swine fever, an antibody ELISA or a serum neutralisation test.
If any of the animals proves positive in the tests for brucellosis referred to in (a), animals with negative results in
the same holding must not be admitted in the quarantine accommodation until the brucellosis-free status of the
herds or holdings of origin of the positive reactors was confirmed.
The competent authority may give authorisation for the tests referred to in this point to be carried out in the
quarantine accommodation, provided that the results are known before the beginning of the period of quarantine
set out in point 1.1.
With regard to Aujeszky’s disease, the serological tests carried out in accordance with this Directive must meet the
standards set out in Annex III to Commission Decision 2008/185/EC of 21 February 2008 on additional
guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria to provide information
on this disease ( 1 );
( 1 ) OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 19.

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1.4. have been subjected to the following tests carried out on samples collected during the last 15 days of the period of
quarantine set out in point 1.1:
(a) as regards brucellosis, a buffered Brucella antigen test (rose Bengal test), or a cELISA or an iELISA;
(b) as regards Aujeszky’s disease:
(i) in the case of non-vaccinated animals, an ELISA for detecting antibodies to whole Aujeszky’s disease virus
or its glycoprotein B (ADV-gB) or glycoprotein D (ADV-gD) or a serum neutralisation test;
(ii) in the case of animals vaccinated with a gE deleted vaccine, an ELISA for detecting antibodies to Aujeszky’s
disease virus glycoprotein E (ADV-gE).
If any of the animals proves positive in the tests for brucellosis referred to in (a) and the suspicion of brucellosis
has not been ruled out in accordance with point 1.5.2, those animals must be removed immediately from the
quarantine accommodation.
If any of the animals proves positive in the tests for Aujeszky’s disease referred to in (b), those animals must be
removed immediately from the quarantine accommodation.
In case where a group of animals is quarantined, the competent authority must take all necessary measures to
ensure that the remaining animals which responded negatively to the tests referred to in (a) and (b) have a
satisfactory health status before being admitted to the semen collection centre in accordance with this Annex;
1.5. measures
taken
in
case
of
a
suspicion
of
brucellosis:
1.5.1. the following protocol must be implemented with regard to animals which tested positive to brucellosis in the test
referred to in point 1.4(a):
(a) the positive sera are subjected to at least one of the alternative tests set out in point 1.4(a) which has not been
carried out on the samples referred to in point 1.4;
(b) an epidemiological enquiry is carried out on the holding(s) of origin of the reacting animals;
(c) on the animals which have tested positive in the tests referred to in point 1.4(a) and point 1.5.1(a), at least one
of the following tests is carried out on samples collected at least 7 days following the date of the collection of
the samples referred to in point 1.4:
(i) buffered Brucella antigen test (rose Bengal test);
(ii) serum agglutination test;
(iii) complement fixation test;
(iv) cELISA;
(v) iELISA;
1.5.2. the suspicion of brucellosis will be ruled out provided:
(a) either the repeat testing referred to in point 1.5.1(a) produced a negative result, the epidemiological enquiry on
the holding(s) of origin did not reveal the presence of porcine brucellosis and the test referred to in point
1.5.1(c) was carried out with negative result; or
(b) the epidemiological enquiry on the holding(s) of origin did not reveal the presence of porcine brucellosis and
all of the animals which produced a positive result in the testing referred to in point 1.5.1(a) or (c) have been
subjected with negative results in each case to a post-mortem examination and an agent identification test for
porcine brucellosis;
1.5.3. after the suspicion of brucellosis is ruled out, all of the animals from the quarantine accommodation referred to in
the second paragraph of point 1.4 may be admitted into the semen collection centre.
2. All
tests
must
be
carried
out
in
an
approved
laboratory.

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3.
Animals may only be admitted to the semen collection centre with the express permission of the centre veterin
arian. All animal movements, entering and exiting the semen collection centre, must be recorded.
4.
No animal admitted to the semen collection centre may show any clinical sign of disease on the date of admission.
5.
All animals must, without prejudice to point 6, have come directly from the quarantine accommodation which, on
the date of consignment, fulfils the following conditions:
(a) it is not situated in a restricted area defined under the provisions of Union legislation due to the emergence of
an infectious or contagious diseases in domestic pigs, including foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular
disease, vesicular stomatitis, classical swine fever and African swine fever;
(b) no clinical, serological, virological or pathological evidence of Aujeszky’s disease has been recorded for the past
30 days prior to the date of consignment.
6. Animals
may
be
transferred
directly
from
one
semen
collection
centre
to
another
of
equal
health
status
without
quarantine or testing, provided that the conditions set out in point 5 are satisfied and the compulsory routine tests
referred to in Chapter II have been carried out during the 12 months prior to the date of transfer.
Such animals must not come into direct or indirect contact with cloven-hoofed animals of a lower health status
and the means of transport used must have been cleansed and disinfected before use.
7.
For the purpose of point 6 and in case of trade between Member States, animals must be accompanied by an
animal health certificate for animals of the porcine species for breeding in conformity with the Model 2 in Annex F
to Directive 64/432/EEC, with one of the following additional guarantees, corresponding to their status, being
certified by adding the following to Section C of that certificate:
‘7. The animals come directly from
(1) either [a semen collection centre complying with Directive 90/429/EEC.]
(1) or
[a quarantine accommodation and comply with the conditions for the admission to semen collection
centres provided for in Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 90/429/EEC.]
(1) or
[a holding where they had undergone the pre-quarantine admission protocol and comply with the
conditions for admission to the quarantine provided for in points 1.2 and 1.3 and point 2 of Chapter
I of Annex B to Directive 90/429/EEC.]’
CHAPTER II
Compulsory routine tests for animals kept at a semen collection centre
1. Compulsory
routine
testing
must
be
carried
out
as
follows:
1.1. all animals kept at a semen collection centre must be subjected to the following tests with negative results:
(a) as regards brucellosis, a buffered Brucella antigen test (rose Bengal test), or a cELISA or an iELISA;
(b) as regards Aujeszky’s disease:
(i) in the case of non-vaccinated animals, an ELISA detecting antibodies to the whole Aujeszky’s disease virus or
to its glycoprotein B (ADV-gB) or glycoprotein D (ADV-gD) or a serum neutralisation test;
(ii) in the case of animals vaccinated with a gE deleted vaccine, an ELISA detecting antibodies to Aujeszky’s
disease virus glycoprotein E (ADV-gE);
(c) as regards classical swine fever, an antibody ELISA or a serum neutralisation test;
1.2. the tests set out in point 1.1 must be carried out on samples taken:
(a) from all animals immediately prior to leaving the semen collection centre, or upon arrival at the slaughterhouse,
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(b) from at least 25 % of the animals in the semen collection centre every 3 months and the centre veterinarian
must ensure that the sampled animals are representative of the total population of that centre, in particular with
respect to age groups and housing;
1.3. where the testing is carried out in accordance with 1.2(b), the centre veterinarian must ensure that all animals are
tested in accordance with point 1.1 at least once during their stay at the semen collection centre and at least every
12 months from the date of admission, if their stay exceeds 12 months.
2. All
tests
must
be
carried
out
in
an
approved
laboratory.
3. If
any
of
the
tests
set
out
in
point
1.1
proves
positive,
the
animals
must
be
isolated
and
the
semen
collected
from
them since the last negative test may not be the subject of intra-Union trade.
Semen collected from each animal at the semen collection centre since the date of that animal’s last negative test
must be held in separate storage and may not be the subject of intra-Union trade until the health status of that
centre has been re-established under responsibility of the competent authority of the Member State.
ANNEX C
Conditions for semen collected at a semen collection centre and intended for intra-Union trade
1. Semen
must
be
obtained
from
animals
which:
(a) show no clinical signs of disease on the date the semen is collected;
(b) have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease;
(c) satisfy the requirements of Chapter I of Annex B;
(d) are not allowed to serve naturally;
(e) are kept in semen collection centres which must not be situated in a restricted area defined under the provisions
of Union legislation due to the emergence of an infectious or contagious disease in domestic pigs, including
foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis, classical swine fever and African swine
fever;
(f) are kept in semen collection centres in which no clinical, serological, virological or pathological evidence of
Aujeszky’s disease has been detected in the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of collection.
2. An effective combination of antibiotics, in particular against leptospires, must be added to the semen after final
dilution or to the diluent.
In the case of frozen semen, antibiotics must be added before the semen is frozen.
2.1. The combination of antibiotics referred to in point 2 must produce an effect at least equivalent to the following
concentration in the final diluted semen:
(a) not less than 500 μg streptomycin per ml final dilution;
(b) not less than 500 IU penicillin per ml final dilution;
(c) not less than 150 μg lincomycin per ml final dilution;
(d) not less than 300 μg spectinomycin per ml final dilution.
2.2. Immediately after the addition of the antibiotics, the diluted semen must be kept at a temperature of at least 15 °C
for a period of not less than 45 minutes.

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3. Semen
intended
for
intra-Union
trade
must:
(a) be stored as laid down in point 2(d) of Chapter I and point 6(a), (b), (e) and (f) of Chapter II of Annex A prior to
dispatch;
(b) be transported to the Member State of destination in flasks which have been cleaned and disinfected or sterilised
before use and which have been sealed prior to dispatch from the semen collection centre.
4. Member
States
may
refuse
admission
of
semen
from
semen
collection
centres
where
animals
vaccinated
against
Aujeszky’s disease are admitted, to their territory or to a region of their territory, when it has been recognised as free
of Aujeszky’s disease in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC.
Member States intending to avail of the provisions in the first paragraph shall inform the Commission and the other
Member States prior to their application.

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ANNEX D
Model animal health certificate for intra-Union trade in semen of domestic animals of the porcine species

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