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 20U.K.Recording of animals in supplementary sections and upgrading of their offspring to the main section

1.Where supplementary sections are established by a breed society in accordance with Article 17, that breed society shall, on application by breeders, record in the appropriate supplementary sections provided for in Article 17 animals of the species covered by its breeding programme that are not eligible for entry in the main section, provided that those animals meet the conditions set out in Chapter II of Part 1 of Annex II.

2.Breed societies shall, on application by breeders, enter the progeny of the animals referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in the main section provided for in Article 16 and shall regard that progeny as purebred breeding animals, provided that that progeny meets the conditions set out in Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II.