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Veterinary Services Act (Act Xxiii Of 2001) For The Criteria For Approval And Supervision Of Breeders Associations And Breeding Organisations Which Establish Or Maintain Herd-Books For Pure-Bred Breeding Pigs, Regulations 2003 (L.N. 311 Of 2003 )

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 34(b) of the Veterinary Services Act,
2001 the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations:-

(2) The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions found under European Union Commission Decision 89/501/EEC laying down the criteria for approval and supervision of breeders' associations and breeding organisations which establish or maintain herd-books for pure-bred breeding pigs which in turn finds its legal basis in article 6(d) of European Union Council Directive 88/661/EEC.

For the purpose of these regulations “trading partner” in the meaning of article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act shall mean –
(a) Member State of the European Community; (b) Third countries to the European Community.

(2) However, in the territory of Malta or a Member State in which in respect of a given breed one or more officially-approved breeders' associations or breeding organisations already exist, the authorities concerned may refuse to recognise a new breeders' association or breeding organisation if it endangers the preservation of the breed or jeopardises the zootechnical programme of the existing association or organisation. In such a case, the competent authorities shall inform the European Commission of approvals granted and refusals to give recognition.

(b) that they can carry out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees;

(c) that they have a sufficiently large herd to carry out a breed improvement programme, or that they have a sufficiently large herd to preserve the breed where this is considered necessary;

(d) that they can make use of the livestock performance data necessary for carrying out their breed improvement or preservation programme;

(a) the definition of the breed's (or breeds') characteristics; (b) the system for identifying animals;

(c) the system for recording pedigrees;

(d) the definition of their breeding objectives;

(e) the systems for making use of livestock performance data, enabling the genetic value of the animals to be assessed;

(f) the division of the herd-book, if there are different conditions for entering animals or if there are different procedures for classifying the animals entered in the book;