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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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Where breed societies or breeding operations, or third parties designated by those breed societies or breeding operations in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), carry out performance testing or genetic evaluation, they shall establish and use methods for performance testing or genetic evaluation which shall be scientifically acceptable according to established zootechnical principles and shall take into account, where they exist:
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F1Words in Annex 3 Pt. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 17(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(16)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Annex 3 Pt. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 17(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
individual performance testing of breeding animals themselves or of breeding animals based on their progeny, siblings (‘sib’) or collaterals at test stations;
individual performance testing of breeding animals themselves or of breeding animals based on their progeny, siblings (‘sib’), collaterals and other relatives on farms;
performance testing through survey data collected by farms, points of sale, points of slaughter or other operators;
performance testing of contemporary groups of breeding animals (contemporary group comparison);
any other performance testing scheme carried out in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1.
The performance testing schemes shall be set up in such a way to allow a valid comparison between the breeding animals. The progeny, siblings or collaterals to be tested at test stations or on farm shall be chosen in an unbiased manner and not be treated selectively. In the case of on-farm testing, they shall be distributed amongst farms in such a way as to allow a valid comparison between the tested breeding animals.
Breed societies and breeding operations carrying out those performance testing schemes at test stations shall in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1 lay down, in a test protocol, the terms of admission of breeding animals, information on the identity and relevant previous test results of the participating animals, the traits to be recorded, the test methods used and any other relevant information.
data collected on breeding animals through performance testing, referred to in Part 2;
genomic information collected on breeding animals;
data generated by any other method in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1; or
a combination of the information and data, referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).
in the case of bulls belonging to dairy breeds (including dual-purpose breeds), 0,5 for the main milk production traits or for the main composite indexes combining breeding values estimated for several individual traits;
in the case of bulls belonging to beef breeds (including dual-purpose breeds), 0,3 for the main meat production traits or for the main composite indexes combining breeding values estimated for several individual traits.
used for the purpose of testing within the quantity limits necessary for a breed society to carry out such tests as referred to in Article 21(1)(g) (unproven bulls); or
participating in a breeding programme which requires performance testing and genetic evaluation and which has as its aim the preservation of the breed or the preservation of the genetic diversity within the breed.
validated in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1 for each genomically evaluated trait;
revalidated for each of those traits at regular intervals and at any time when there are major changes either in the genomic evaluation or in the genetic evaluation or in the reference population.
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