S.L. 437.100 Art. 4Intra-Community trade. S.L. 437.99

The competent authority shall ensure that embryos shall not be sent from Malta to another Member State unless they meet the following conditions:

(a) they shall have been conceived as a result of artificial insemination with semen from a donor sire or male parent of the bovine species standing at a semen collection centre as defined in rule 2(2) of the Animal

Health Conditions Applicable to Intra-Community Trade and Imports from Third Countries of Deep-Frozen Semen of Domestic Animals of the Bovine Species Rules;

(b) they shall have been collected from domestic animals of the bovine species whose health status complies with Schedule B;

(c) they shall have been collected, processed and stored by an embryo collection team approved in accordance with rule 6(1);

(d) they shall have been collected, processed and stored by the embryo collection team in accordance with Schedule A; and

(e) they shall be accompanied, during transport to the Member State of destination, by an animal health certificate complying with rule 7(1).