The Zootechnical Standards (Wales) Regulations 2015

Acceptance for breeding purposes

12.—(1) A recognised organisation must accept for natural breeding purposes all pure-bred animals of the breed whose herd-book or flock-book it maintains.

(2) A recognised organisation which maintains the herd-book or flock-book of a cattle, sheep or goat breed or a breed of pure-bred pigs must accept for breeding purposes the ova of all pure-bred animals and all embryos whose parents are both entered in the breed’s herd-book or flock-book.

(3) A recognised organisation which maintains the herd-book of a cattle breed or a breed of pure-bred pigs must accept for breeding by artificial insemination the semen of any male animal entered in its herd-book which has been approved according to the tests referred to in regulation 11.

(4) A recognised organisation which maintains the herd-book of a cattle breed or a breed of pure-bred pigs may only accept for the purpose of artificial insemination the semen of animals which have been approved according to the tests referred to in regulation 11.

(5) A recognised organisation which maintains a register for hybrid pigs must accept for breeding purposes—

(a) all hybrid pigs;

(b) the semen of all hybrid pigs whose line has been tested for performance and genetic value; and

(c) the ova and embryos of all hybrid pigs,

whose parentage is established according to the rules of that organisation.

(6) A recognised organisation which maintains the flock-book of a breed of pure-bred sheep or goats must accept semen for the purposes of artificial insemination from such animals in accordance with Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 90/257/EEC(1).

(1)

OJ No L 145, 8.6.1990, p38.