Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding (‘Animal Breeding Regulation’) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1012)

CHAPTER XIII U.K. Final Provisions

Article 64 U.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89/361/EEC, 90/118/EEC, 90/119/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 91/174/EEC, 94/28/EC and 2009/157/EC and Decision 96/463/EC are repealed.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 References to the repealed Directives and to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII to this Regulation.

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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private undertakings, other organisations or associations which have been approved or recognised in accordance with the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered to have been recognised in accordance with this Regulation; in all other respects, they shall be subject to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.

[F2 6. Where operators referred to in paragraph 4 have been approved or recognised under the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1 by a competent authority in a member State and already carry out breeding programmes in in the United Kingdom, those operators (if they have not already done so) must inform a competent authority in the United Kingdom about 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 Where, before 19 July 2016, an operator referred to in paragraph 4 maintains, in accordance with the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1, a breeding book with a specific section where purebred breeding animals of a breed of the porcine species from [F3 a member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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 64(3) revoked (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), ss. 1(1), 22(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(3)(4)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 2

F2 Art. 64(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(1)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 64(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(1)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 65 U.K. Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014

Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 is amended as follows:

(1)

the heading is replaced by the following:

‘European Union reference laboratories and centres’;

(2)

paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Grants may be awarded to the European Union reference laboratories referred to in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and to the European Union reference centres referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) for the costs that they incur in implementing the work programmes approved by the Commission.’;

(3)

in paragraph 2, point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) costs of personnel, regardless of their status, directly involved in activities of the laboratories or centres which are carried out in their capacity as European Union reference laboratory or centre;’.

Article 66 U.K. Amendments to Directive 89/608/EEC

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Textual Amendments

F4 Arts. 66-68 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Article 67 U.K. Amendments to Directive 90/425/EEC

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Textual Amendments

F4 Arts. 66-68 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Article 68 U.K. Transposition

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Textual Amendments

F4 Arts. 66-68 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 69 U.K. Entry into force and applicability

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 November 2018.

Article 65 shall apply from 19 July 2016.

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Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding (“Animal Breeding Regulation”) (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66).’;