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)

CHAPTER IV U.K. Entry of breeding animals in breeding books and breeding registers and acceptance for breeding

Section 1 U.K. Entry of purebred breeding animals in breeding books and acceptance for breeding

Article 17 U.K. Supplementary sections of breeding books

Breed societies may establish one or more supplementary sections in the breeding book for animals of the same species that are not eligible for entry in the main section, provided that the rules set out in the breeding programme allow the progeny of those animals to be entered in the main section in accordance with the rules set out:

(a)

in the case of female animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, in point 1(a) of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II;

(b)

in the case of animals of endangered breeds of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species or of ‘hardy’ sheep breeds, in point 2 of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II; or

(c)

in the case of male and female animals of the equine species, in point 1(b) of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II.