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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’) (Text with EEA relevance)
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the animal shall meet the following parentage criteria:
for the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, the animal shall have descended from parents and grandparents which have been entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed;
for the equine species, the animal shall have descended from parents which have been entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed;
the animal shall have its pedigree established in accordance with the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12;
the animal shall be identified in accordance with [F1animal health law in force in the constituent territory of the United Kingdom] on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned and the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12;
in the case of trade in or entry into the [F2United Kingdom] of an animal and where that animal is intended to be entered or registered for entry in the breeding book, that animal shall be accompanied by a zootechnical certificate issued in accordance with Article 30;
where an animal is produced from a germinal product which is traded or which entered into the [F2United Kingdom] and where that animal is intended to be entered or registered for entry in a breeding book, that germinal product shall be accompanied by a zootechnical certificate issued in accordance with Article 30.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 Point 1(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(a)(i)(aa) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(15)(a)(i)(aa)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 Point 1(d)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(a)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
which, in the case of cross-breeding, is entered in the main section of a breeding book of a different breed, provided that that other breed and the criteria for entry of that purebred breeding animal are set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; or
which, in the case of lineage breeding, belongs to a specific stallion line or mare family of a different breed, provided that those lines and families and the criteria for the entry of that purebred breeding animal are set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 Point 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(a)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(15)(a)(i)(bb)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
the animal shall be identified in accordance with [F4United Kingdom] animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned and the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12;
the animal shall have been judged by the breed society to conform to the characteristics of the breed referred to in point (1)(c) of Part 2 of Annex I;
the animal shall, where applicable, fulfil at least the minimum performance requirements laid down in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, for those traits for which purebred breeding animals entered in the main section are tested in accordance with Annex III.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 2 Point 1(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(15)(a)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
belongs to the breed, although it has no known origin; or
was obtained from a cross-breeding programme mentioned in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
for the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, the female animal shall have descended from:
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);
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;
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.
[F5An appropriate authority], or, if it so decides, its competent authority authorising a breed society to make use of that derogation, shall ensure that:
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;
that breed society has established one or more supplementary sections in its breeding book;
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.
[F6A competent authority] 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.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 3 Point 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 3 Point 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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