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 I U.K. General Provisions

Article 3 U.K. General zootechnical and genealogical rules for trade in breeding animals and their germinal products, and for their entry into the Union

1. Trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and the entry into the Union of breeding animals and their germinal products shall not be prohibited, restricted or impeded on zootechnical or genealogical grounds other than those grounds resulting from the rules provided for in this Regulation.

2. Breeders of breeding animals, breed societies, breeding operations or breeding bodies shall not be discriminated against on the basis of their country of origin or of the country of origin of their breeding animals or the germinal products thereof.