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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)
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Article 64U.K.Repeals and transitional measures
1.Directives 87/328/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 90/118/EEC, 90/119/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 91/174/EEC, 94/28/EC and 2009/157/EC and Decision 96/463/EC are repealed.
2.References to the repealed Directives and to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII to this Regulation.
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4.Breeders' organisations, breeding organisations, breeders' associations, private undertakings, other organisations or associations which have been approved or recognised in accordance with the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered to have been recognised in accordance with this Regulation; in all other respects, they shall be subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation.
5.Breeding programmes carried out by the operators referred to in paragraph 4 shall be considered to have been approved in accordance with this Regulation; in all other respects, they shall be subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation.
[F26.Where operators referred to in paragraph 4 have been approved or recognised under the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1 by a competent authority in a member State and already carry out breeding programmes in in the United Kingdom, those operators (if they have not already done so) must inform a competent authority in the United Kingdom about those activities.]
7.Where, before 19 July 2016, an operator referred to in paragraph 4 maintains, in accordance with the repealed acts referred to in paragraph 1, a breeding book with a specific section where purebred breeding animals of a breed of the porcine species from [F3a member State] or a third country having specific characteristics distinguishing them from the population of that breed covered by the breeding programme carried out by that operator are entered, that operator may continue to maintain that specific section.
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F1Art. 64(3) revoked (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), ss. 1(1), 22(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(3)(4)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 2
F2Art. 64(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(1)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 64(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 14(1)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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