Commission Regulation (EC) No. 708/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC.

These provisions lay down some amendments to Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007, which sets out implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue. The amendments deal in particular with the conditions for the exemption from the exit ban provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC with respect to movements of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, from a holding or semen collection or storage centre located in a restricted zone to another holding or semen collection or storage centre. Furthermore, Section A of Annex III is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.