Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

CHAPTER III Upgrading of the progeny of animals recorded in supplementary sections to the main section

1. The conditions referred to in Article 20(2) are as follows:

(a)

for the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, the female animal shall have descended from:

(i)

a mother and a maternal grandmother which are recorded in a supplementary section of a breeding book of the same breed as provided for in Article 20(1);

(ii)

a father and two grandfathers which are entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed.

The first generation offspring descended from the female animal referred to in the introductory phrase of the first subparagraph and a male purebred breeding animal entered in the main section of the breeding book of the same breed shall likewise be regarded as a purebred breeding animal and be entered or registered and eligible for entry in the main section of that breeding book;

(b)

for the equine species, the animal shall meet the conditions for entry in the main section of male and female animals descending from animals recorded in the supplementary section as set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.

2. By way of derogation from point 1 of this Chapter and point 1(a)(i) of Chapter I, a Member State or, if it so decides, its competent authority referred to in Article 4(3), may authorise a breed society which carries out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals of an endangered breed of the bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine species or of a ‘hardy’ sheep breed to enter in the main section of its breeding book, an animal descending from parents and grandparents entered or recorded in the main or supplementary sections of a breeding book of that breed.

A Member State, or, if it so decides, its competent authority authorising a breed society to make use of that derogation, shall ensure that:

(a)

that breed society has justified the need for making use of that derogation, in particular by demonstrating the lack of male purebred breeding animals of that breed available for breeding purposes;

(b)

that breed society has established one or more supplementary sections in its breeding book;

(c)

the rules under which the breed society enters or records animals in the main or supplementary sections of that breeding book are laid down in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.

Member States making use of this derogation shall make publicly available the breeds which are granted such a derogation in the list referred to in Article 7.