Article 64U.K.Repeals and transitional measures
1.Directives 87/328/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 90/118/EEC, 90/119/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 91/174/EEC, 94/28/EC and 2009/157/EC and Decision 96/463/EC are repealed.
2.References to the repealed Directives and to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII to this Regulation.
3.Article 8(1) of Directive 90/427/EEC shall continue to apply until 21 April 2021.
4.Breeders' organisations, breeding organisations, breeders' associations, private undertakings, other organisations or associations which have been approved or recognised in accordance with the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered to have been recognised in accordance with this Regulation; in all other respects, they shall be subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation.
5.Breeding programmes carried out by the operators referred to in paragraph 4 shall be considered to have been approved in accordance with this Regulation; in all other respects, they shall be subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation.
6.Where operators referred to in paragraph 4 already carry out breeding programmes in a Member State other than the Member State where their approval or recognition was granted under the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1, those operators shall inform the competent authority which has granted the approval or recognition about those activities.
The competent authority referred to in the first subparagraph shall inform the relevant competent authority of that other Member State about the carrying out of those activities.
7.Where, before 19 July 2016, an operator referred to in paragraph 4 maintains, in accordance with the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1, a breeding book with a specific section where purebred breeding animals of a breed of the porcine species from another Member State or a third country having specific characteristics distinguishing them from the population of that breed covered by the breeding programme carried out by that operator are entered, that operator may continue to maintain that specific section.