[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR98.38]

[Page 586-587]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 98_IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMAL EMBRYOS AND ANIMAL SEMEN--Table 
of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Certain Animal Semen
 
Sec. 98.38  Restrictions on the importation of swine semen from parts 
of the European Union.

    In addition to meeting all other applicable provisions of this part, 
swine semen imported from the region of the European Union consisting of 
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany (except for the Kreis Uckermark in the 
Land of Brandenburg; the Kreis Oldenberg, the

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Kreis Soltau-Fallingbostel, and the Kreis Vechta in the Land of Lower 
Saxony; the Kreis Heinsberg and the Kreis Warendorf in the Land of 
Northrhine-Westphalia; the Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, the Kreis Bitburg-
Pr[uuml]m, the Kreis Donnersbergkreis, the Kreis Rhein-Hunsr[uuml]che, 
the Kreis S[uuml]dliche Weinstrasse, and the Kreis Trier-Saarburg in the 
Land of Rhineland Palatinate; and the Kreis Altmarkkreis in the Land of 
Saxony-Anhalt); Greece, Italy (except for the Regions of Emilia-Romagna, 
Piemonte, and Sardegna), the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain must meet 
the following conditions:
    (a) The semen must come only from a semen collection center approved 
for export by the veterinary services of the national government of the 
country of origin;
    (b) The donor boar must not have lived in a region when the region 
was classified in Sec. 94.10(a) as one in which classical swine fever 
is known to exist, and must not have transited such a region unless 
moved directly through the region in a sealed means of conveyance with 
the seal determined to be intact upon arrival at the point of 
destination;
    (c) The donor boar must never have been commingled with swine that 
have been in a region when the region was classified in Sec. 94.10(a) 
as one in which classical swine fever is known to exist;
    (d) The donor boar must be held in isolation for at least 30 days 
prior to entering the semen collection center;
    (e) No more than 30 days prior to being held in isolation as 
required by paragraph (d) of this section, the donor boar must be tested 
with negative results with a classical swine fever test approved by the 
Office International des Epizooties;
    (f) No equipment or materials used in transporting the donor boar 
from the farm of origin to the semen collection center may have been 
used previously for transporting swine that do not meet the requirements 
of this section, unless such equipment or materials has first been 
cleaned and disinfected;
    (g) The donor boar must be observed at the semen collection center 
by the center veterinarian, and exhibit no clinical signs of classical 
swine fever;
    (h) Before the semen is exported to the United States, the donor 
boar must be held at the semen collection center for at least 40 days 
following collection of the semen, and, along with all other swine at 
the semen collection center, exhibit no clinical signs of classical 
swine fever; and
    (i) The semen must be accompanied to the United States by a 
certificate issued by a salaried veterinary officer of the national 
government of the country of origin, stating that the provisions of 
paragraphs (a) through (h) of this section have been met.\3\
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    \3\ The certification required may be placed on the certificate 
required under Sec. 98.35(c) or may be contained in a separate 
document.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
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0579-0218)

[68 FR 16940, Apr. 7, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 21046, Apr. 20, 2004]