5The second indent of Article 2 of Directive 77/504, as amended by Article 11 of Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 laying down the principles relating to the zootechnical and genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, and amending Directive 77/504/EEC on purebred breeding animals of the bovine species (OJ 1994 L 178, p. 66), provides:‘The Member States shall ensure that the following shall not be prohibited, restricted or impeded on zootechnical grounds:— intra-Community trade in the semen, ova and embryos of purebred breeding animals of the bovine species’.
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