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)

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ANNEX IV U.K. EUROPEAN UNION REFERENCE CENTRES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 29

2. Tasks referred to in Article 29(4)(b)(i) for European Union reference centres designated in accordance with Article 29(1) U.K.

European Union 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)

at the request of the Commission or a Member State:

(i)

provide assistance in the harmonisation of methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;

(ii)

recommend calculation methods to be used for the performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;

(iii)

establish a platform for the comparison of the results of the methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals used in Member States, in particular by:

• developing control protocols for performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals carried out in Member States to improve the comparability of the results and the effectiveness of breeding programmes,

• 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 Member States and third countries,

• disseminating the results of those international assessments;

• publishing the conversion formulae and the related information based on which the formulae were established;

(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 Member States linked to the genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;

(h)

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

(i)

provide, at the request of the Commission, technical expertise to the Standing Committee on Zootechnics.