EU-regonized Semen Controll Station
For several years now, the EU has regulated artificial insemination stations wanting to export their product. Those artificial insemination stations certified as following EU regulations are known as "regonized" stations. If an artificial insemination stationis not regonized, it is involved in the illegal export of semen. The conditions for receiving this regonition are focused on the design of the artificial insemination station and veterinary matters involved with the semen. The EU places no requirements on the quality of the semen but all Eu regonized station have certified.

Certified artificial insemination stations
The organized stud management business in the Netherlands believes it is very important to be able to offer guarantees in regard to be able to offer guarantees in regard to the quality of the semen to their clients, the mare owners. This is why the certification of stud stations has been introduced. Stud stations, both those offering. artificial insemination as well as ones offering only natural cover, are monitored for certification proposes by an independent agency using established criteria. These criteria are related to such matters as administration, the design of the farm and its hygiene. Such stations are also visited unannounced for the purpose of testing the quality of the semen. Certification is voluntary, but a mare owner knows that a certified station will provide a certain level of quality.