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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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Section 1 Recognition of breed societies and breeding operations
Article 4.Recognition of breed societies and breeding operations
Article 5.Refusal of recognition of breed societies and breeding operations
Article 6.Submission of modified breeding programmes in cases of refusal and withdrawal of the recognition of breed societies or breeding operations in the absence of approved breeding programmes
Article 7.Lists of recognised breed societies and breeding operations
Section 2 Approval of breeding programmes
Article 8.Approval of breeding programmes carried out by breed societies and breeding operations
Article 10.Derogations from Article 8(3) concerning the approval of breeding programmes
Article 12.Notification and approval of breeding programmes carried out in the United Kingdom by breed societies or breeding operations approved in a member State
CHAPTER III Rights and obligations of breeders, breed societies and breeding operations
Section 1 Entry of purebred breeding animals in breeding books and acceptance for breeding
Article 18.Entry of purebred breeding animals in the main section of the breeding book
Article 19.Derogations from the requirements for the entry of animals in the main section of breeding books in the case of the creation of a new breed or the reconstruction of a breed
Article 20.Recording of animals in supplementary sections and upgrading of their offspring to the main section
Article 21.Acceptance of purebred breeding animals and their germinal products for breeding
Section 2 Registration of hybrid breeding pigs in breeding registers and acceptance for breeding
CHAPTER V Performance testing and genetic evaluation
Article 25.Methods for performance testing and genetic evaluation
Article 26.Requirements for performance testing and genetic evaluation
Article 27.Carrying out of performance testing and genetic evaluation
Article 28.Obligations of breed societies, breeding operations and third parties carrying out performance testing or genetic evaluation
CHAPTER VII Zootechnical certificates
Article 30.Issuing, content and format of zootechnical certificates accompanying breeding animals and the germinal products thereof
Article 31.Derogations from requirements concerning the issuing, content and format of zootechnical certificates for trade in breeding animals and their germinal products
Article 32.Derogations from requirements concerning the format of zootechnical certificates issued for purebred breeding animals of the equine species
Article 33.Derogations from requirements concerning the issuing, content and format of zootechnical certificates for the entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products
CHAPTER VIII Entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products
Article 35.Equivalence of measures applied to animal breeding in third countries
Article 36.Entry in breeding books or registration in breeding registers of breeding animals and offspring produced from germinal products that have entered the United Kingdom from a third country
Article 37.Checks for entitlement to the conventional rate of duty for purebred breeding animals entering Great Britain from a third country
CHAPTER IX Competent authorities carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals
Article 40.Compliance by competent authorities carrying out breeding programmes
Article 42.Confidentiality obligations of the competent authorities
Article 46.Obligations of operators subject to official controls or other official activities
Article 49.Notification of other competent authorities in the United Kingdom on the basis of information provided by third countries
Article 50.Coordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission
Article 51.General principle for the financing of official controls
CHAPTER XI Controls by the Commission
Section 2 Controls on entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products
Article 58.Frequency and organisation of Commission controls in third countries
Article 59.Reports by the Commission on controls performed by its experts in third countries
Article 60.Establishment of special measures regarding the entry into the United Kingdom of breeding animals and their germinal products
ENTRY IN BREEDING BOOKS AND REGISTRATION IN BREEDING REGISTERS REFERRED ...
PERFORMANCE TESTING AND GENETIC EVALUATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 25
PART 2 Requirements for performance testing
1. Performance testing shall be carried out on the basis of...
2. Breed societies and breeding operations shall define in their breeding...
3. Where milk production traits are to be recorded, data shall...
4. Where meat production traits are to be recorded, data shall...
8. Where genetic evaluation is carried out on the traits referred...
PART 3 Requirements for genetic evaluation
1. The genetic evaluation of breeding animals shall include the relevant...
2. The genetic evaluation shall only include traits referred to in...
3. Breeding values of breeding animals shall be estimated in accordance...
4. The statistical methods applied for the genetic evaluation shall comply...
5. The reliabilities of the estimated breeding values shall be calculated...
6. Male purebred breeding animals of the bovine species of which...
7. For male purebred breeding animals of the bovine species of...
8. The requirements on minimum reliability values referred to in point...
9. Genomically evaluated male purebred breeding animals of the bovine species...
10. The breed society or the breeding operation, or, at the...
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED IN THE ZOOTECHNICAL CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO ...
PART 2 Zootechnical certificates for purebred breeding animals and their germinal products
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