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)

ANNEX IV U.K. [F1 UNITED KINGDOM] REFERENCE CENTRES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 29

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Annex 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

1. Requirements referred to in Article 29(4)(a) U.K.

[F2 United Kingdom] reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29 shall:

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Annex 4 Point 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

(a)

have suitably qualified staff:

(i)

who have adequate training:

• where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(1), in performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals,

• where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(2), in the preservation of endangered breeds;

(ii)

who have been instructed to respect the confidential nature of certain subjects, results or communications; and

(iii)

who have sufficient knowledge of research activities at national, F3 ... and international level;

(b)

possess or have access to the infrastructure, equipment and products necessary to carry out the tasks:

(i)

where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(1), referred to in point (2); and

(ii)

where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(2), referred to in point (3).

Textual Amendments

F3 Word in Annex 4 Point 1(a)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

2. Tasks referred to in Article 29(4)(b)(i) for [F4 United Kingdom] reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(1) U.K.

[F4 United Kingdom] reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(1) shall:

(a)

work with breed societies and third parties designated by breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b) to facilitate the uniform application of methods for performance testing and genetic evaluation for purebred breeding animals, referred to in Article 25;

(b)

inform breed societies, third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), or competent authorities on methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;

(c)

review regularly the results of performance testing and genetic evaluations carried out by breed societies or third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b) and the data on which they are based;

(d)

compare methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;

(e)

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(f)

provide data on the genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals and training to support breed societies or third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), which are participating in international comparisons of the results of genetic evaluations;

(g)

facilitate the resolution of emerging problems in [F6 the United Kingdom] linked to the genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;

(h)

cooperate, within the scope of their tasks, with internationally recognised organisations;

(i)

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Textual Amendments

F5 Annex 4 Point 2(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Annex 4 Point 2(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(4)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Annex 4 Point 2(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(4)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Annex 4 Point 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

3. Tasks referred to in Article 29(4)(b)(ii) for [F8 United Kingdom] reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(2). U.K.

[F8 United Kingdom] reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(2) shall:

(a)

work with breed societies, third parties designated by breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities and other authorities of the [F9 United Kingdom] to facilitate the preservation of endangered breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity existing within those breeds;

(b)

inform breed societies, third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities or other authorities on methods used for the preservation of endangered breeds and the preservation of genetic diversity within those breeds;

(c)

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Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Annex 4 Point 3(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(17)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Annex 4 Point 3(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Annex 4 Point 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F11 4. Tasks referred to in Article 29(4) for United Kingdom reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(1) or (2) U.K.

Reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(1) or (2) may provide assistance in the development or harmonisation of methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals used in the United Kingdom, in particular by—

(a)

developing control protocols for performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals carried out in the United Kingdom to improve the comparability of the results and the effectiveness of breeding programmes;

(b)

carrying out an international assessment of livestock on the basis of the combined results of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals carried out in the United Kingdom and third countries;

(c)

disseminating the results of those international assessments;

(d)

publishing the conversion formulae and the related information according to which the conversion formulae were established;

(e)

developing or harmonising methods used for the in situ and ex situ conservation of endangered breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity within those breeds, or providing assistance in such development or harmonisation;

(f)

developing methods used for the characterisation of the status of endangered breeds with regard to their genetic diversity or their danger of being lost to farming, or providing assistance in such development;

(g)

providing training to support breed societies or third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities and other authorities in the preservation of endangered breeds and the preservation of genetic diversity within those breeds;

(h)

cooperating, within the scope of their tasks, with European and internationally recognised organisations;

(i)

providing, within the scope of their tasks, technical assistance to an appropriate authority or competent authority;

(j)

recommending calculation methods to be used for the performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals.]

Textual Amendments

F11 Annex 4 Point 4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 18(6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(17)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)