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

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)

Article 10U.K.Derogations from Article 8(3) concerning the approval of breeding programmes

1.By way of derogation from Article 8(3), the competent authority which has recognised a breed society in accordance with Article 4(3) may refuse to approve a breeding programme of that breed society that complies with the requirements set out in Part 2 of Annex I, and additionally in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, in Part 3 of Annex I, on the grounds that that breeding programme would compromise the breeding programme carried out by another breed society for the same breed which has already been approved in [F1the United Kingdom] as regards at least one of the following:

(a)the essential traits of the breed characteristics or the main objectives of that breeding programme;

(b)the preservation of that breed or of the genetic diversity within that breed; or

(c)where the aim of that breeding programme is the preservation of that breed, the effective implementation of that breeding programme:

(i)

in the case of an endangered breed; or

(ii)

in the case of an autochthonous breed which is not commonly found in one or more of the [F2constituent territories of the United Kingdom].

2.For the purpose of paragraph 1, the competent authority shall take due account of the following:

(a)the number of breeding programmes already approved for that breed in [F3the United Kingdom];

(b)the size of the breeding populations covered by those breeding programmes;

(c)the possible genetic input from breeding programmes carried out by other breed societies for the same breed F4... by breeding bodies in third countries.