European Communities (Zootechnical and Genealogical Conditions Applicable to Imports from Third Countries) Regulations, 1998.

These Regulations, which give legal effect to Council Directive 94/28/EC, relate solely to the importation of an animal entered or registered in an approved herd-book ("pedigree animals") (excluding cattle), their semen, ova and embryos. They set out the zootechnical and genealogical conditions, which must be met when importing pedigree animals, their semen, ova and embryos from third countries. A person who imports or attempts to import a pedigree animal, or their semen, ova and embryos from a third country, save in accordance with this Regulation, shall be guilty of an offence. Requirements for importation concern pedigree and zootechnical certificates and in the case of semen a tests and genetic value assessment.