(a) zootechnical and genealogical rules for trade in breeding animals and their germinal products, and for their entry into the Union; (b) rules for the recognition of breed societies and breeding operations and for the approval of their breeding programmes; (c) the rights and obligations of breeders, breed societies and breeding operations; (d) rules for the entry of breeding animals in breeding books and breeding registers and for the acceptance for breeding of breeding animals and their germinal products; (e) rules for the performance testing and genetic evaluation of breeding animals; (f) rules for the issuing of zootechnical certificates for breeding animals and their germinal products; (g) rules for the performance of official controls, and in particular those on breed societies and breeding operations, and rules for the performance of other official activities; (h) rules for administrative assistance and cooperation and rules for enforcement by Member States; (i) rules for the performance of controls by the Commission in Member States and third countries.
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)
(1) "animal" means a domestic animal of: (a) the bovine species ( Bos taurus ,Bos indicus andBubalus bubalis );(b) the porcine species ( Sus scrofa );(c) the ovine species ( Ovis aries );(d) the caprine species ( Capra hircus ); or(e) the equine species ( Equus caballus andEquus asinus );
(2) "breed" means a population of animals sufficiently uniform to be considered to be distinct from other animals of the same species by one or more groups of breeders which have agreed to enter those animals in breeding books with details of their known ascendants for the purpose of reproducing their inherited characteristics by way of reproduction, exchange and selection within the framework of a breeding programme; (3) "breeding animal" means a purebred breeding animal or a hybrid breeding pig; (4) "germinal products" means semen, oocytes and embryos collected or produced from breeding animals for the purpose of assisted reproduction; (5) "breed society" means any breeders' association, breeding organisation or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes; (6) "breeding operation" means any breeders' association, breeding organisation, private undertaking operating in a closed production system or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on hybrid breeding pigs registered in the breeding register(s) it maintains or establishes; (7) "breeding body" means any breeders' association, breeding organisation, private undertaking, stock-rearing organisation or official service in a third country which, in respect of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine species or of hybrid breeding pigs, has been accepted by that third country in connection with the entry into the Union of breeding animals for breeding; (8) "competent authorities" means the authorities of a Member State which are responsible, pursuant to this Regulation, for: (a) the recognition of breed societies and breeding operations and the approval of the breeding programmes they carry out on breeding animals; (b) official controls on operators; (c) the provision of assistance to other Member States and third countries in case of detected non-compliances; (d) official activities other than those referred to in points (a) and (c);
(9) "purebred breeding animal" means an animal which is entered or registered and eligible for entry in the main section of a breeding book; (10) "hybrid breeding pig" means an animal of the porcine species registered in a breeding register, which is produced by deliberate cross-breeding or used for deliberate cross-breeding between: (a) purebred breeding pigs of different breeds or lines; (b) breeding pigs which are themselves the outcome of a cross (hybrid) between different breeds or lines; (c) breeding pigs belonging to one or the other of the categories referred to in (a) or (b);
(11) "line" means a genetically stable and uniform subpopulation of purebred breeding animals of a particular breed; (12) "breeding book" means: (a) any herd-book, flock-book, stud-book, file or data medium which is maintained by a breed society consisting of a main section and, where the breed society so decides, of one or more supplementary sections for animals of the same species that are not eligible for entry in the main section; (b) where appropriate, any corresponding book maintained by a breeding body;
(13) "main section" means the section of a breeding book in which purebred breeding animals are entered or registered and eligible for entry with details of their ascendants and, where applicable, their merits; (14) "class" means a horizontal division of the main section in which purebred breeding animals are entered according to their merits; (15) "merit" means a quantifiable heritable characteristic or a genetic peculiarity of a breeding animal; (16) "breeding value" means an estimate of the expected effect of the genotype of a breeding animal on a given characteristic in its progeny; (17) "breeding register" means: (a) any file or data medium which is maintained by a breeding operation in which hybrid breeding pigs are registered with details of their ascendants; (b) where appropriate, any corresponding register maintained by a breeding body;
(18) "official control" means any type of control that the competent authorities perform in order to verify compliance with the rules laid down in this Regulation; (19) "other official activities" means any activity other than an official control which is performed by competent authorities in accordance with this Regulation in order to ensure the application of the rules laid down in this Regulation; (20) "zootechnical certificate" means breeding certificates, attestations or commercial documentation which are issued on paper or in electronic form for breeding animals and their germinal products and which provide information on pedigree, identification and, where available, results of performance testing or genetic evaluation; (21) "entering the Union" or "entry into the Union" means the action of bringing breeding animals and their germinal products into one of the territories listed in Annex VI from outside those territories excluding transit; (22) "trade" means the action of buying, selling, exchanging or otherwise acquiring or releasing animals or their germinal products within the Union, including within a Member State; (23) "operator" means any natural or legal person subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation, such as breed societies, breeding operations, third parties that have been designated by breed societies or breeding operations in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), semen collection and storage centres, embryo storage centres, embryo collection or production teams, and breeders; (24) "endangered breed" means a local breed, recognised by a Member State to be endangered, genetically adapted to one or more traditional production systems or environments in that Member State and where the endangered status is scientifically established by a body possessing the necessary skills and knowledge in the area of endangered breeds; (25) "private undertaking operating in a closed production system" means a private undertaking with a breeding programme in which participate either no breeders or a restricted number of breeders who are bound to that private undertaking to accept from it the supply of hybrid breeding pigs or to supply hybrid breeding pigs to it; (26) "breeding programme" means a set of systematic actions, including recording, selection, breeding and exchange of breeding animals and their germinal products, designed and implemented to preserve or enhance desired phenotypic and/or genotypic characteristics in the target breeding population.
(a) it has its head office on the territory of the Member State where the competent authority is located; (b) it demonstrates in its application that it complies with the requirements set out in Part 1 of Annex I for its breeding programmes in respect of which it intends to apply for approval in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (c) its application contains, in respect of each of those intended breeding programmes, a draft version of the breeding programme which is to include the information set out in Part 2 of Annex I, and, additionally in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, in Part 3 of Annex I; (d) when submitting its application referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, it submits an application for approval of at least one of those intended breeding programmes, in accordance with Article 8(2).
(a) the name, contact details and, where available, the website of the breed society or breeding operation; (b) for each breed society or breeding operation on that list: (i) in the case of purebred breeding animals, the name of the breed, or, in the case of hybrid breeding pigs, the name of the breed, line or cross, covered by each of its breeding programmes approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where the breed society makes use of the derogations referred to in Article 19 or point 2 of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II, a reference to those derogations; (ii) the geographical territory where each of its breeding programmes is to be carried out; (iii) in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, where applicable, the name and contact details of the breed society which maintains the breeding book of the origin of the breed; (iv) for each of its breeding programmes, where available, a reference to a website where information on those breeding programmes can be accessed.
(a) they have one or more of the following aims: (i) in the case of purebred breeding animals: the improvement of the breed, the preservation of the breed, the creation of a new breed, the reconstruction of a breed;
(ii) in the case of hybrid breeding pigs: the improvement of the breed, line or cross, the creation of a new breed, line or cross;
(b) they describe in detail the selection and breeding objectives; (c) they comply with the requirements set out in Part 2 of Annex I, and in addition in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, in Part 3 of Annex I.
(a) the breed societies and breeding operations remain responsible to the competent authority for ensuring compliance with the requirements provided for in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I; (b) there is no conflict of interests between that third party and the economic activities of breeders who participate in the breeding programme; (c) that third party fulfils all the necessary requirements to carry out those activities; (d) those breed societies and breeding operations specify the activities which they intend to outsource and the name and contact details of those third parties in their applications referred to in paragraph 2.
(a) the essential traits of the breed characteristics or the main objectives of that breeding programme; (b) the preservation of that breed or of the genetic diversity within that breed; or (c) where the aim of that breeding programme is the preservation of that breed, the effective implementation of that breeding programme: (i) in the case of an endangered breed; or (ii) in the case of an autochthonous breed which is not commonly found in one or more of the territories of the Union.
(a) the number of breeding programmes already approved for that breed in that Member State; (b) the size of the breeding populations covered by those breeding programmes; (c) the possible genetic input from breeding programmes carried out by other breed societies for the same breed in other Member States or by breeding bodies in third countries.
(a) notify the competent authority of that other Member State at least 90 days before the intended commencement date of the breeding programme in that other Member State, and, at the request of the notified authority, provide a translation of that notification in one of the official languages of that other Member State; (b) at the request of the notified authority, provide, at least 60 days before the intended commencement date of the breeding programme in that other Member State, a copy of the breeding programme as approved in accordance with Article 8(3) accompanied, if requested by that authority, by a translation into one of the official languages of that other Member State which shall be provided by the applying breed society or breeding operation.
(a) an approved breeding programme is already being carried out in that other Member State on purebred breeding animals of the same breed; and (b) the approval of a further breeding programme would compromise the breeding programme carried out by another breed society for the same breed which has already been approved in that other Member State as regards at least one of the following: (i) the essential traits of the breed characteristics or the main objectives of that breeding programme; (ii) the preservation of that breed or of the genetic diversity within that breed; (iii) where the aim of that breeding programme is the preservation of that breed, the effective implementation of that breeding programme: in the case of an endangered breed, or in the case of an autochthonous breed which is not commonly found in one or more of the territories of the Union.
(a) their breeding animals are kept on holdings located within the geographical territory of that breeding programme; (b) their breeding animals belong, in the case of purebred breeding animals, to the breed, or, in the case of hybrid breeding pigs, to the breed, line or cross, covered by that breeding programme.
(a) to have their purebred breeding animals entered in the main section of the breeding book established for the breed by the breed society in accordance with Articles 18 and 20; (b) to have their animals recorded in a supplementary section of the breeding book established for the breed by the breed society in accordance with Article 20; (c) to have their hybrid breeding pigs registered in a breeding register established for the breed, line or cross by a breeding operation in accordance with Article 23; (d) to participate in performance testing and genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (e) to be provided with a zootechnical certificate in accordance with Article 30(1) and (4); (f) on request, to be provided, with up-to-date results of the performance testing and genetic evaluation for their breeding animals, where those results are available; (g) to have access to all the other services provided in relation to that breeding programme to the participating breeders by the breed society or breeding operation carrying out that breeding programme.
(a) to become a member of that breed society or breeding operation; (b) to participate in the defining and development of the breeding programme in accordance with the rules of procedure referred to in point B(1)(b) of Part 1 of Annex I.
(a) according to the merits of those animals and subdivide those classes according to their age or gender; or (b) according to the age or gender of those animals, provided that those classes are also subdivided according to their merits.
(a) in the case of female animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, in point 1(a) of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II; (b) in the case of animals of endangered breeds of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species or of "hardy" sheep breeds, in point 2 of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II; or (c) in the case of male and female animals of the equine species, in point 1(b) of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II.
(a) set in their breeding programme a period for the establishment of the new breeding book that is appropriate for the generation interval of the species or the breed concerned; (b) make reference to any existing breeding book in which the purebred breeding animals or their parents have been entered for the first time after birth, together with the original registration number in that breeding book; (c) in their system for recording pedigrees, identify the animals which are considered by them to be the breed's foundation stock.
(a) a period for the establishment or re-establishment of that breeding book, appropriate for the breed concerned, is set in the breeding programme; (b) where applicable, reference is made to any breeding book in which those purebred breeding animals or ascendants have been entered together with the original registration number in that breeding book; (c) the animals which are considered by that breed society to be the breed's reconstruction stock are identified in the system for recording pedigrees.
(a) for natural service, any purebred breeding animal of that breed; (b) for artificial insemination, semen collected from purebred breeding animals of the bovine species which have undergone genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (c) for artificial insemination, semen collected from purebred breeding animals of the porcine, ovine or caprine species which have undergone performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (d) for artificial insemination, semen collected from purebred breeding animals of the equine species which have undergone, where required by the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (e) for embryo transfer, oocytes collected and used for in vitro production of embryos and in vivo derived embryos conceived by use of semen referred to in point (b) or (c) of this paragraph, provided that those oocytes and embryos have been collected from purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine species which have undergone performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (f) for embryo transfer, oocytes collected and used for in vitro production of embryos and in vivo derived embryos conceived by use of semen referred to in point (d) of this paragraph, provided that those oocytes and embryos have been collected from purebred breeding animals of the equine species which have undergone, where required by the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (g) for testing of male purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, semen collected from purebred breeding animals which have not undergone performance testing or genetic evaluation provided that that semen is solely used for the purpose of testing those male purebred breeding animals within the quantity limits necessary to enable that breed society to carry out such tests in accordance with Article 25.
(a) for natural service, any hybrid breeding pig of the same breed, line or cross as defined in that breeding programme; (b) for artificial insemination, semen collected from hybrid breeding pigs which have undergone, where required by the breeding programme, approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (c) for embryo transfer, oocytes collected and used for in vitro production of embryos and in vivo derived embryos conceived by use of semen referred to in point (b), provided that those oocytes and embryos have been collected from hybrid breeding pigs which have undergone, where required by the breeding programme, approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25; (d) for the testing of male hybrid breeding pigs, semen collected from those hybrid breeding pigs which have not undergone performance testing or genetic evaluation, provided that that semen is solely used for the purpose of testing of those hybrid breeding pigs within the quantity limits necessary for that breeding operation to carry out such tests in accordance with Article 25.
(a) in the case of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species and in the case of hybrid breeding pigs, Annex III; (b) in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, the breeding programme carried out by that breed society as approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
(a) scientific advances; (b) technical developments; or (c) the needs to preserve valuable genetic resources.
(a) carry out that performance testing or genetic evaluation themselves; or (b) designate the third parties to which that performance testing or genetic evaluation is to be outsourced.
(a) the facilities and equipment necessary to carry out that performance testing or genetic evaluation; (b) suitably qualified staff; and (c) the capability to carry out that performance testing or genetic evaluation in accordance with Article 25.
(a) records of all data resulting from performance testing and genetic evaluation in relation to breeding animals from holdings located on the territory where that competent authority operates; (b) details of the recording methods for traits; (c) details of the model of performance description used for the analysis of the results of performance testing; (d) details of the statistical methods used for the analysis of the results of performance testing for each evaluated trait; (e) details of the genetic parameters used for each evaluated trait, including, where applicable, details of the genomic evaluation.
(a) comply with the requirements set out in point 1 of Annex IV; and (b) be responsible for the tasks: (i) in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, set out in point 2 of Annex IV; (ii) in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, set out in point 3 of Annex IV;
if those tasks are included in the reference centres' annual or multiannual work programmes established in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the relevant work programmes adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014.
(a) the requirements for European Union reference centres set out in point 1 of Annex IV; (b) the tasks of European Union reference centres set out in points 2 and 3 of Annex IV.
(a) the species of purebred breeding animals for which the methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation are to be harmonised or improved and the scientific and technical advances in the area of performance testing or genetic evaluation; or (b) the endangered breeds for which methods for the preservation of those breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity within those breeds are to be established or harmonised and the scientific and technical advances in those areas.
(a) they comply with the requirements set out in point 1 of Annex IV; (b) they fulfil the tasks: (i) in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 1, set out in point 2 of Annex IV; (ii) in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 2, set out in point 3 of Annex IV.
(a) breed societies or breeding operations carrying out breeding programmes approved in accordance with Article 8, and, where applicable, Article 12, on those breeding animals; (b) the competent authorities referred to in Article 8(3), or, where applicable, Article 12(2)(a), if those authorities so decide; or (c) breeding bodies included in the list provided for in Article 34 carrying out breeding programmes on those breeding animals.
(a) contain the information set out in the relevant Parts and Chapters of Annex V; (b) comply with the corresponding model forms of zootechnical certificates provided for in the implementing acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 10.
(a) results of that performance testing; (b) up-to-date results of that genetic evaluation; and (c) genetic defects and genetic peculiarities in relation to that breeding programme affecting that breeding animal or the donors of those germinal products.
(a) results of that performance testing; (b) up-to-date results of that genetic evaluation; and (c) genetic defects and genetic peculiarities in relation to that breeding programme affecting that breeding animal or the donors of those germinal products.
(a) scientific advances; (b) technical developments; (c) the functioning of the internal market; or (d) the needs to preserve valuable genetic resources.
(a) in the case of breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, the information set out in Chapter I of Part 2 of Annex V or Chapter I of Part 3 of Annex V is contained in other documents accompanying those breeding animals, issued by the breed society or breeding operation; (b) in the case of germinal products of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species: (i) the information related to the donors of those germinal products is contained in other documents or in copies of the original zootechnical certificate accompanying those germinal products or, before or after the dispatch of those germinal products, it is, on request, made available by the breed society or breeding operation or the other operators referred to in paragraph 1; (ii) the information related to the semen, oocytes or embryos is contained in other documents accompanying that semen, those oocytes or those embryos, issued by the breed society or breeding operation or the other operators referred to in paragraph 1.
(a) the information set out in the relevant Parts and Chapters of Annex V is contained in other documents accompanying the breeding animal or their germinal products; (b) the breeding body carrying out the breeding programme, or another operator referred to in paragraph 1, provides an exhaustive list of those documents, declares that the information set out in the relevant Parts and Chapters of Annex V is contained in those documents and certifies the content of those documents.
(a) it carries out a breeding programme that is equivalent to breeding programmes approved in accordance with Article 8(3) carried out by breed societies on the same breed, or carried out by breeding operations on the same breed, line or cross, as regards: (i) the entry of breeding animals in breeding books or their registration in breeding registers; (ii) the acceptance of breeding animals for breeding; (iii) the use of germinal products of breeding animals for testing and breeding; (iv) the methods used for performance testing and genetic evaluation;
(b) it is supervised or controlled by an official service in that third country; (c) it has adopted rules of procedure to ensure that breeding animals entered in breeding books by breed societies or registered in breeding registers by breeding operations, and the offspring produced from germinal products of such breeding animals, are entered or eligible for entry without discrimination on account of their country of origin, in the case of purebred breeding animals, in the breeding book of the same breed, or, in the case of hybrid breeding pigs, in the breeding register of the same breed, line or cross, maintained by that breeding body.
(a) the recognition of breed societies and breeding operations provided for in Article 4; (b) the approval of breeding programmes of breed societies and breeding operations provided for in Article 8; (c) the entry of purebred breeding animals in breeding books and the registration of hybrid breeding pigs in breeding registers provided for in Articles 18, 20 and 23; (d) the acceptance of breeding animals for breeding provided for in Articles 21, 22 and 24; (e) the use of germinal products of breeding animals for testing and breeding provided for in Articles 21 and 24; (f) the performance testing and genetic evaluation provided for in Article 25; (g) the official controls on operators provided for in Article 43.
(a) a thorough examination of the information and data provided by the third country which is seeking to have its measures recognised as equivalent to those required by this Regulation; (b) where appropriate, the satisfactory outcome of a control performed by the Commission in accordance with Article 57.
(a) the format and content of the zootechnical certificates accompanying those breeding animals or the germinal products thereof; (b) specific requirements applicable to the entry into the Union of those breeding animals or the germinal products thereof and the official controls to be performed on those breeding animals or on the germinal products thereof upon entry into the Union; (c) where necessary, procedures for drawing up and amending lists of breeding bodies, located in the third country concerned, from which the entry into the Union of breeding animals and the germinal products thereof is permitted.
(a) that breeding animal or the donors of those germinal products are entered in a breeding book or registered in a breeding register maintained by a breeding body in the third country of dispatch; (b) those germinal products meet the conditions laid down in Article 21(1) or (2), where that is a requirement of the breeding programme carried out by that breed society or that breeding operation; (c) that breeding animal meets the characteristics of the breed or, in the case of a hybrid breeding pig, the characteristics of the breed, line or cross set out in the breeding programme carried out by that breed society or breeding operation; (d) the breeding body referred to in point (a) is included in the list of breeding bodies provided for in Article 34.
(a) those animals shall be accompanied by: (i) the zootechnical certificate referred to in Article 30(5) or Article 32; (ii) a document indicating that they are to be entered in a breeding book maintained by a breed society or registered in a breeding register maintained by a breeding operation;
(b) checks shall be carried out on that consignment at the border inspection post in which the documentary, identity and physical checks referred to in Article 4 of Directive 91/496/EEC are carried out.
(a) the consignment is accompanied by the documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1; (b) the content and the labelling of the consignment correspond to the information provided in the documents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1.
(a) there is a need to maintain that breed or to establish that breed in the Member State or territory where that competent authority operates; or (b) that breed is an endangered breed.
(a) for breeding organisations, breeders' associations or public bodies to be recognised as breed societies in accordance with Article 4(3); (b) for breed societies to have their breeding programmes approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
(a) have sufficient and qualified staff and adequate facilities and equipment to implement efficiently that breeding programme; (b) be capable of carrying out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees of the purebred breeding animals covered by that breeding programme; (c) have a sufficiently large population of purebred breeding animals and a sufficient number of breeders within the geographical territory covered by that breeding programme; (d) be capable of generating, or have had generated for them, and be capable of using data collected on purebred breeding animals necessary for carrying out that breeding programme; (e) have adopted rules of procedure: (i) regulating the settlement of disputes with breeders participating in that breeding programme; (ii) ensuring equal treatment of breeders participating in that breeding programme; (iii) setting out the rights and obligations of breeders participating in that breeding programme.
(a) information on its aim which is to be the preservation of the breed, the improvement of the breed, the creation of a new breed or the reconstruction of a breed, or any combination thereof; (b) the name of the breed covered by that breeding programme to prevent confusion with similar purebred breeding animals of other breeds entered in other existing breeding books; (c) the detailed characteristics of the breed, including an indication of the essential traits, covered by that breeding programme; (d) information on the geographical territory where it is carried out; (e) information on the system for identifying purebred breeding animals which is to ensure that purebred breeding animals are only entered in the breeding book when they are identified individually and in accordance with Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned; (f) information on the system for recording pedigrees of purebred breeding animals entered or registered and eligible for entry in breeding books; (g) the selection and breeding objectives of the breeding programme, including an indication of the main objectives of that breeding programme, and, where applicable, the detailed evaluation criteria related to those objectives for the selection of purebred breeding animals; (h) where the breeding programme requires performance testing or genetic evaluation: (i) the information on the systems used to generate, record, communicate and use the results of performance testing; (ii) the information on the systems for the genetic evaluation and, where applicable, for the genomic evaluation of purebred breeding animals;
(i) where supplementary sections are established, as provided for in Article 17, or where the main section is subdivided into classes, as provided for in Article 16, the rules for the division of the breeding book and the criteria or procedures applied for recording animals in those sections or classifying them in those classes; (j) where in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, the breeding programme prohibits or limits the use of one or more reproduction techniques or the use of purebred breeding animals for one or more reproduction techniques as referred to in Article 21(2), information on such prohibitions or limitations; (k) where the competent authority outsources specific technical activities related to the management of its breeding programme to third parties, information on those activities and the name and contact details of the designated third parties.
(a) draw up and keep up to date a list of the competent authorities it has designated in accordance with paragraph 1, including their contact details; (b) specify in the list provided for in point (a) the address to which the following is to be sent: (i) the notifications referred to in Article 12; or (ii) the information, requests or notifications referred to in Articles 48 and 49;
(c) make the list referred to in point (a) available to the public on a website and notify that website to the Commission.
(a) have procedures or arrangements, or both, in place to ensure and verify the effectiveness, appropriateness, impartiality, quality and consistency of the official controls and of the other official activities that they perform; (b) have procedures or arrangements, or both, in place to ensure that their staff performing official controls and other official activities are free from any conflict of interest as regards the operators in respect of which they perform those official controls and other official activities; (c) have, or have access to, a sufficient number of suitably qualified, trained and experienced staff so that official controls and other official activities can be performed efficiently and effectively; (d) have appropriate and properly maintained facilities and equipment to ensure that their staff can perform official controls and other official activities efficiently and effectively; (e) have the legal powers to perform official controls and other official activities and to take the action provided for in this Regulation; (f) have legal procedures in place in order to ensure that their staff have access to the premises of, and documents and computerised information management systems kept by, operators so as to be able to carry out their tasks properly.
(a) the purpose of official controls or investigations; (b) the protection of commercial interests of an operator or any other natural or legal person; (c) the protection of court proceedings and legal advice.
(a) the risk of non-compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation; (b) the past records of operators as regards the results of official controls performed in their respect and their compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation; (c) the reliability and results of self-checks performed by the operators, or by third parties at their request, for the purpose of verifying compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation; (d) any information that might indicate non-compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation.
(a) originate in the Member State where the official controls are performed or in another Member State; or (b) are entering the Union.
(a) a description of the purpose of the official control; (b) the control methods applied; (c) the results of the official control; (d) where appropriate, action that the competent authorities require the operators to take as a result of the official control.
(a) their equipment, premises and other places under their control; (b) their computerised information management systems; (c) their breeding animals and the germinal products thereof under their control; (d) their documents and any other relevant information.
(a) take any action necessary to determine the origin and extent of that non-compliance and to establish the responsibilities of the operators concerned; (b) take appropriate measures to ensure that the operators concerned remedy the non-compliance and prevent further occurrences of it.
(a) order that the breed society postpones the entry in breeding books of purebred breeding animals or that the breeding operation postpones the registration in breeding registers of hybrid breeding pigs; (b) order that the breeding animals or their germinal products shall not be used for breeding in accordance with this Regulation; (c) suspend the issuing of zootechnical certificates by the breed society or the breeding operation; (d) suspend or withdraw the approval of a breeding programme carried out by a breed society or breeding operation, where the activities of that breed society or breeding operation repeatedly, continuously or generally fail to comply with the requirements of the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (e) withdraw the recognition of the breed society or breeding operation granted in accordance with Article 4(3), where that breed society or breeding operation repeatedly, continuously or generally fails to comply with the requirements referred to in Article 4(3); (f) take any other measures that they deem to be appropriate to ensure compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation.
(a) a written notification of their decision concerning the action or measure to be taken in accordance with paragraph 1, together with the reasons for that decision; (b) information on any right of appeal against such decisions, and on the applicable procedure and time limits.
(a) the reasoned request by a competent authority of a Member State ("requesting competent authority") for information from a competent authority of another Member State ("requested competent authority") that is needed in order to perform official controls or to follow them up; (b) in the case of a non-compliance which might have implications in other Member States, the notification of the competent authorities of those other Member States by the competent authority aware of the non-compliance; (c) the provision, by the requested competent authority, of necessary information and documents to the requesting competent authority, without undue delay when the relevant information and documents become available; (d) the performance of investigations or official controls by the requested competent authority that are necessary to: (i) provide the requesting competent authority with all necessary information and documents, including information concerning the results of such investigations or official controls and, where appropriate, the measures taken; (ii) verify, where necessary "on-the-spot", compliance within their jurisdiction with the rules provided for in this Regulation;
(e) by agreement between the competent authorities concerned, participation by a competent authority of a Member State in on-the-spot official controls that the competent authorities of another Member State perform.
(a) applicable to the release of documents that are the object of, or related to, judicial proceedings; (b) aimed at the protection of commercial interests vested in natural or legal persons.
(a) notify such information to the competent authorities of the other Member States known to be concerned by that non-compliance; (b) where such information is or might be relevant at Union level, communicate such information to the Commission.
(a) the competent authorities which have provided the information consent to such communication; (b) relevant Union and national rules applicable to the communication of personal data to third countries are complied with.
(a) information available to the Commission indicates the existence of activities that are, or appear to be, non-compliant with the rules provided for in this Regulation and that concern more than one Member State; (b) the competent authorities in the Member States concerned are unable to agree on appropriate actions to address the non-compliance with the rules provided for in this Regulation.
(a) request that the competent authorities of the Member States concerned by the activities that are, or appear to be, non-compliant with the rules provided for in this Regulation, provide it with a report on the measures that they have taken; (b) in collaboration with the Member States concerned by the activities that are, or appear to be, non-compliant with the rules provided for in this Regulation, send an inspection team to perform an on-the-spot Commission control; (c) request that the competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch and, where appropriate, in other Member States concerned, appropriately intensify their official controls and provide it with a report on the measures that they have taken; (d) submit information concerning such cases to the Committee referred to in Article 62(1), together with a proposal for measures to remedy the cases of non-compliance referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article; (e) take any other appropriate measures.
(a) verify the application of the rules provided for in this Regulation; (b) verify enforcement practices and the functioning of official control systems and of the competent authorities which operate them; (c) investigate and collect information: (i) on important or recurring problems concerning the application or enforcement of the rules provided for in this Regulation; (ii) on emerging problems or new developments in relation to particular practices of operators.
(a) prepare a draft report on the findings and on the recommendations addressing the shortcomings identified by its experts during the controls provided for in Article 53(1); (b) send to the Member State where those controls were performed a copy of the draft report referred to in point (a) for its comments; (c) take the comments of the Member State referred to in point (b) of this paragraph into account in preparing the final report on the findings resulting from the controls provided for in Article 53(1) performed by its experts in that Member State; (d) make publicly available the final report referred to in point (c) and the comments of the Member State referred to in point (b).
(a) at the request of the Commission experts, provide the necessary technical assistance and the available documentation and other technical support to enable those experts to perform the controls referred to in Article 53(1) efficiently and effectively; (b) provide necessary assistance to ensure that Commission experts have access to all premises, including parts thereof, and to other places, to equipment and to information, including computerised information management systems, as well as, where appropriate, to breeding animals and the germinal products thereof, necessary to perform the controls referred to in Article 53(1).
(a) special conditions for, or a prohibition on, trade in the breeding animals or the germinal products thereof concerned by the disruption in the official control system; (b) any other appropriate temporary measures.
(a) verify the compliance or equivalence of the third country's legislation and systems with the requirements laid down in this Regulation; (b) verify the capacity of the third country's control system to ensure that consignments of breeding animals and the germinal products thereof entering into the Union comply with relevant requirements in Chapter VIII of this Regulation; (c) collect information and data to elucidate the causes of recurring or emerging problems in relation to breeding animals and their germinal products from the third country entering into the Union.
(a) the zootechnical and genealogical legislation of the third country concerning breeding animals and their germinal products; (b) the organisation of the competent authorities of the third country, their powers and independence, the supervision to which they are subject and the authority they have to enforce the applicable legislation effectively; (c) the training of the staff in the third country responsible for the performance of the controls on, or the supervision of, breeding bodies; (d) the resources that are available to the competent authorities of the third country; (e) the existence and operation of documented control procedures and control systems based on priorities; (f) the extent and operation of controls performed by the competent authorities of the third country on breeding animals and their germinal products arriving from other third countries; (g) the assurances which the third country is able to give regarding compliance with, or equivalence to, the requirements laid down in this Regulation.
(a) the principles and objectives of the rules provided for in this Regulation; (b) the volume and nature of breeding animals and the germinal products thereof entering the Union from that third country; (c) the results of controls referred to in Article 57(1) that have already been performed; (d) the results of official controls on breeding animals and the germinal products thereof entering the Union from the third country and of any other official controls performed by the competent authorities of Member States; (e) any other information that the Commission deems to be appropriate.
(a) the information referred to in Article 34(2) or in Article 35(2)(a); (b) where appropriate and necessary, the written records on the controls performed by the competent authorities of that third country.
(a) prohibiting the entry into the Union, as breeding animals, or the germinal products thereof, of animals, or their semen, oocytes or embryos originating from that third country; (b) prohibiting the entry in breeding books maintained by breed societies or the registration in breeding registers maintained by breeding operations of breeding animals, and the offspring produced from the germinal products thereof, originating from that third country.
(a) delete that third country or the breeding bodies of that third country from the list provided for in Article 34(1); (b) take any other appropriate measures.
(a) the information collected in accordance with Article 58(2); (b) any other information that the third country concerned by the non-compliance referred to in paragraph 1 has provided; (c) where necessary, the results of controls referred to in Article 57(1).
(1) the heading is replaced by the following: "European Union reference laboratories and centres"; (2) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Grants may be awarded to the European Union reference laboratories referred to in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and to the European Union reference centres referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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") (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66 ).";----------------------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") (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66 ).";(3) in paragraph 2, point (a) is replaced by the following: "(a) costs of personnel, regardless of their status, directly involved in activities of the laboratories or centres which are carried out in their capacity as European Union reference laboratory or centre;".
(1) the title is replaced by the following: "Council Directive 89/608/EEC of 21 November 1989 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of legislation on veterinary matters";(2) Article 1 is replaced by the following: "Article 1 The Directive lays down the ways in which the competent authorities responsible in the Member States for monitoring legislation on veterinary matters shall cooperate with those in the other Member States and with the relevant Commission departments in order to ensure compliance with such legislation."; (3) in Article 2(1), the second indent is deleted; (4) in Article 4(1), the first indent is replaced by the following: "— communicate to the applicant authority all information, attestations, documents or certified copies thereof in its possession or which it can obtain as prescribed in paragraph 2 and which are such as to enable it to check that the provisions laid down in legislation on veterinary matters have been complied with,";
(5) Article 5(1) is replaced by the following: "1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall, while observing the rules in force in the Member State in which it is situated, notify the applicant authority or have it notified of all instruments or decisions which emanate from the competent authorities and concern the application of legislation on veterinary matters."; (6) Article 7 is replaced by the following: "Article 7 At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall supply to it any relevant information in its possession or which it obtains in accordance with Article 4(2), in particular in the form of reports and other documents or certified copies of or extracts from such reports or documents, concerning operations actually detected which appear to the applicant authority to be contrary to legislation on veterinary matters."; (7) Article 8(2) is replaced by the following: "2. Where they consider it useful in connection with compliance with the legislation on veterinary matters, the competent authorities of each Member State shall: (a) as far as possible keep the watch referred to in Article 6 or arrange for such watch to be kept; (b) communicate to the competent authorities of the other Member States concerned as soon as possible all available information, in particular in the form of reports and other documents or copies of or extracts from such reports or documents, concerning operations which are or appear to them to be contrary to legislation on veterinary matters, and particularly the means or methods used to carry out such operations.";
(8) Article 9 is replaced by the following: "Article 9 1. The competent authorities of each Member State shall communicate to the Commission as soon as it is available to them: (a) any information they consider useful concerning: goods which have been or are suspected of having been the subject of transactions contrary to legislation on veterinary matters, the methods or processes used or suspected of having been used to contravene such legislation;
(b) any information on deficiencies of, or lacunae in, the said legislation which application thereof has revealed or suggested.
2. The Commission shall communicate to the competent authorities of each Member State, as soon as it is available to it, any information which is such as to enable compliance with legislation on veterinary matters to be enforced."; (9) Article 10 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: "1. Where the competent authorities of a Member State become aware of operations which are, or appear to be, contrary to the rules on veterinary matters and which are of particular interest at Union level, and in particular:"; (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. Information relating to natural or legal persons shall be communicated as provided for in paragraph 1 only to the extent strictly necessary to enable operations which are contrary to legislation on veterinary matters to be noted.";
(10) in Article 11, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: "The Commission and the Member States meeting within the Standing Veterinary Committee shall:"; (11) in Article 15(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "2. Paragraph 1 shall not impede the use of information obtained pursuant to this Directive in any legal actions or proceedings subsequently instituted for failure to comply with legislation on veterinary matters on or in the prevention and discovery of irregularities detrimental to Union funds.".
(1) the title is replaced by the following: "Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary checks applicable in intra-Union trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market";(2) in Article 1, the second paragraph is deleted; (3) Article 2 is amended follows: (a) point 2 is deleted; (b) point 6 is replaced by the following: "6. "competent authority" shall mean the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;";
(4) in Article 3(1), the second subparagraph of point (d) is replaced by the following: "Those certificates or documents, issued by the official veterinarian responsible for the holding, centre or organisation of origin must accompany the animals and products to their destination."; (5) Article 4 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following: "(a) the holders of livestock and products referred to in Article 1 comply with the national or Union health requirements referred to in this Directive at all stages of production and marketing;"; (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. Member States of dispatch shall take the appropriate measures to penalise any infringement of veterinary legislation by natural or legal persons where it is found that Union rules have been infringed, and in particular where it is found that certificates, documents or identification marks do not correspond to the status of the animals or to their holdings of origin or to the actual characteristics of the products.";
(6) Article 19 is deleted; (7) in Annex A, Chapter II is deleted.
1. have legal personality in accordance with the legislation in force in the Member State where the application for recognition is made; 2. have sufficient and qualified staff and adequate facilities and equipment to implement efficiently the breeding programmes in respect of which it intends to apply for approval in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; 3. be capable of carrying out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees of the breeding animals to be covered by those breeding programmes; 4. have, in respect of each breeding programme, a sufficiently large population of breeding animals within the geographical territories to be covered by those breeding programmes; 5. be capable of generating, or have had generated for them, and be capable of using data collected on breeding animals necessary for carrying out those breeding programmes.
1. breeders' associations, breeding organisations and public bodies shall: (a) have a sufficient number of breeders participating in each of their breeding programmes; (b) have adopted rules of procedure: (i) regulating the settlement of disputes with breeders participating in their breeding programmes; (ii) ensuring equal treatment of breeders participating in their breeding programmes; (iii) setting out the rights and obligations of breeders participating in their breeding programmes and of the breed society or breeding operation; (iv) setting out the rights and obligations of member breeders where membership of breeders is provided for;
2. nothing in the rules of procedure referred to in point 1(b) shall prevent the breeders participating in the breeding programmes from: (a) exercising free choice in the selection and breeding of their breeding animals; (b) having the offspring descended from those breeding animals entered in the breeding books or registered in the breeding registers in accordance with the rules provided for in Chapter IV of this Regulation; (c) having the ownership of their breeding animals.
(a) information on its aim, which shall be the preservation of the breed, the improvement of the breed, line or cross, the creation of a new breed, line or cross, or the reconstruction of a breed, or a combination thereof; (b) the name of the breed, in the case of purebred breeding animals, or of the breed, line or cross, in the case of hybrid breeding pigs, covered by the breeding programme to prevent confusion with similar breeding animals of other breeds, lines or crosses entered or registered in other existing breeding books or breeding registers; (c) in the case of purebred breeding animals, the detailed characteristics of the breed covered by the breeding programme, including an indication of its essential traits, (d) in the case of hybrid breeding pigs, the detailed characteristics of the breed, line or cross covered by the breeding programme; (e) information on the geographical territory where it is carried out or where it is intended that it will be carried out; (f) information on the system for identifying breeding animals which is to ensure that those animals are only entered in a breeding book or registered in a breeding register when they are identified individually and in accordance with Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned; (g) information on the system for recording pedigrees of purebred breeding animals entered or registered and eligible for entry in breeding books or of hybrid breeding pigs registered in breeding registers; (h) the selection and breeding objectives of the breeding programme, including an indication of the main objectives of that breeding programme, and, where applicable, the detailed evaluation criteria related to those objectives, for the selection of breeding animals; (i) in the case of the establishment of a new breed or in the case of the reconstruction of a breed, as referred to in Article 19, the information on the detailed circumstances justifying the establishment of that new breed or the reconstruction of that breed; (j) where the breeding programme requires performance testing or genetic evaluation: (i) the information on the systems used to generate, record, communicate and use the results of performance testing; (ii) the information on the systems for the genetic evaluation and, where applicable, for the genomic evaluation of breeding animals;
(k) where supplementary sections are established or the main section is subdivided into classes, the rules for the division of the breeding book and the criteria or procedures applied for recording animals in those sections or classifying them in those classes; (l) where the breed society or breeding operation outsources specific technical activities related to the management of its breeding programme to third parties as referred to in Article 8(4), information on those activities and the name and contact details of the designated third parties; (m) where the breed society or breeding operation intends to make use of the derogation provided for in Article 31(1), information on the semen collection or storage centre, or embryo collection or production team, issuing the zootechnical certificates and information on the modalities of the issuing of those zootechnical certificates; (n) where the breeding operation decides to indicate information on the results of performance testing or genetic evaluation, on genetic defects and on genetic peculiarities in the zootechnical certificates issued for its hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof, as referred to in Article 30(8), information on that decision.
(a) where applicable, the conditions for entering in the main section of the breeding book purebred breeding animals belonging to another breed or to a specific stallion line or mare family within that other breed; (b) where that breeding programme prohibits or limits the use of one or more reproduction techniques or the use of purebred breeding animals for one or more reproduction techniques as referred to in Article 21(2), information on that prohibition or limitation; (c) rules with regard to the issuing of covering certificates, to the use of other appropriate methods as referred to in paragraph 1, and, where required by the breeding programme, to the identification as "foal at foot".
(a) Where a breed society declares to the competent authority that the breeding book it has established is the breeding book of the origin of the breed covered by its breeding programme, that breed society shall: (i) have in its possession a historical record of the establishment of that breeding book and have made the principles of that breeding programme publicly available; (ii) demonstrate that there is, at the time of the application referred to in Article 4(1), no other known breed society or breeding body which is recognised in the same or another Member State or in a third country, which has established a breeding book for the same breed and which is carrying out a breeding programme on that breed based on the principles referred to in point (i); (iii) cooperate closely with the breed societies referred to in point (b), and in particular inform, in a transparent and timely manner, those breed societies of any changes to the principles referred to in point (i); (iv) have, where necessary, established non-discriminatory rules as regards its activities with respect to breeding books established for the same breed by breeding bodies that are not included in the list provided for in Article 34.
(b) Where a breed society declares to the competent authority that the breeding book it has established is a filial breeding book of the breed covered by its breeding programme, that breed society shall: (i) incorporate into its own breeding programme the principles established by the breed society referred to in point (a) that maintains the breeding book of the origin of the same breed; (ii) make the information regarding the use of the principles referred to in point (i) and their source publicly available; (iii) have mechanisms in place to ensure the necessary adjustments of the rules set out in its breeding programme, referred to in Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, to the changes made to those principles by the breed society referred to in point (a) of this paragraph that maintains the breeding book of the origin of the breed.
(a) By way of derogation from point B(1)(b) of Part 1, where, for one breed on the territories listed in Annex VI, there are several breed societies which maintain breeding books for that breed, and where their breeding programmes, referred to in Article 8(3), cover together the whole of the territories listed in Annex VI, the rules of procedure referred to in point B(1)(b) of Part 1 established by those breed societies: (i) may provide that purebred breeding animals of the equine species of that breed must be born in a specified territory listed in Annex VI to qualify for entry in the breeding book of that breed for birth declaration purposes; (ii) are to ensure that the restriction provided for in point (i) does not apply to the entry in a breeding book of that breed for reproduction purposes.
(b) By way of derogation from point 3(a) of this Part, where the principles of the breeding programme are established exclusively by an international organisation operating at a global level and where there is neither a breed society in a Member State nor a breeding body in a third country that maintains the breeding book of the origin of that breed, the competent authority in a Member State may recognise breed societies maintaining a filial breeding book for that breed, provided that they lay down the objectives and criteria referred to in point 1(h) of Part 2 in accordance with the principles established by that international organisation and that those principles are: (i) made available by that breed society to the competent authority referred to in Article 4(3) for verification purposes; (ii) incorporated in the breeding programme of that breed society.
(c) By way of derogation from point 3(b) of this Part, a breed society maintaining a filial breeding book may establish additional classes according to merits, provided that the purebred breeding animals of the equine species which are entered in the classes in the main section of the breeding book of the origin of the breed or of other filial breeding books of the breed may be entered in the corresponding classes of the main section of that filial breeding book.
(a) the animal shall meet the following parentage criteria: (i) for the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, the animal shall have descended from parents and grandparents which have been entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed; (ii) for the equine species, the animal shall have descended from parents which have been entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed;
(b) the animal shall have its pedigree established in accordance with the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (c) the animal shall be identified in accordance with Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned and the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (d) in the case of trade in or entry into the Union of an animal and where that animal is intended to be entered or registered for entry in the breeding book, that animal shall be accompanied by a zootechnical certificate issued in accordance with Article 30; (e) where an animal is produced from a germinal product which is traded or which entered into the Union and where that animal is intended to be entered or registered for entry in a breeding book, that germinal product shall be accompanied by a zootechnical certificate issued in accordance with Article 30.
(a) which, in the case of cross-breeding, is entered in the main section of a breeding book of a different breed, provided that that other breed and the criteria for entry of that purebred breeding animal are set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; or (b) which, in the case of lineage breeding, belongs to a specific stallion line or mare family of a different breed, provided that those lines and families and the criteria for the entry of that purebred breeding animal are set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
(a) the animal shall be identified in accordance with Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned and the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (b) the animal shall have been judged by the breed society to conform to the characteristics of the breed referred to in point (1)(c) of Part 2 of Annex I; (c) the animal shall, where applicable, fulfil at least the minimum performance requirements laid down in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12, for those traits for which purebred breeding animals entered in the main section are tested in accordance with Annex III.
(a) belongs to the breed, although it has no known origin; or (b) was obtained from a cross-breeding programme mentioned in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
(a) for the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, the female animal shall have descended from: (i) a mother and a maternal grandmother which are recorded in a supplementary section of a breeding book of the same breed as provided for in Article 20(1); (ii) a father and two grandfathers which are entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed.
The first generation offspring descended from the female animal referred to in the introductory phrase of the first subparagraph and a male purebred breeding animal entered in the main section of the breeding book of the same breed shall likewise be regarded as a purebred breeding animal and be entered or registered and eligible for entry in the main section of that breeding book; (b) for the equine species, the animal shall meet the conditions for entry in the main section of male and female animals descending from animals recorded in the supplementary section as set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
(a) that breed society has justified the need for making use of that derogation, in particular by demonstrating the lack of male purebred breeding animals of that breed available for breeding purposes; (b) that breed society has established one or more supplementary sections in its breeding book; (c) the rules under which the breed society enters or records animals in the main or supplementary sections of that breeding book are laid down in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12.
(a) the hybrid breeding pig shall have descended from parents and grandparents entered in breeding books or registered in breeding registers; (b) the hybrid breeding pig shall be identified after birth in accordance with Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the porcine species and the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (c) the hybrid breeding pig shall have a parentage established in accordance with the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; (d) the hybrid breeding pig shall be accompanied, where required, by a zootechnical certificate issued in accordance with Article 30.
(a) the rules and standards established by the relevant European Union reference centres provided for in Article 29(1); or (b) in the absence of those rules and standards, the principles agreed by ICAR.
(a) individual performance testing of breeding animals themselves or of breeding animals based on their progeny, siblings ("sib") or collaterals at test stations; (b) individual performance testing of breeding animals themselves or of breeding animals based on their progeny, siblings ("sib"), collaterals and other relatives on farms; (c) performance testing through survey data collected by farms, points of sale, points of slaughter or other operators; (d) performance testing of contemporary groups of breeding animals (contemporary group comparison); (e) any other performance testing scheme carried out in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1.
(a) data collected on breeding animals through performance testing, referred to in Part 2; (b) genomic information collected on breeding animals; (c) data generated by any other method in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1; or (d) a combination of the information and data, referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).
(a) in the case of bulls belonging to dairy breeds (including dual-purpose breeds), 0,5 for the main milk production traits or for the main composite indexes combining breeding values estimated for several individual traits; (b) in the case of bulls belonging to beef breeds (including dual-purpose breeds), 0,3 for the main meat production traits or for the main composite indexes combining breeding values estimated for several individual traits.
(a) used for the purpose of testing within the quantity limits necessary for a breed society to carry out such tests as referred to in Article 21(1)(g) (unproven bulls); or (b) participating in a breeding programme which requires performance testing and genetic evaluation and which has as its aim the preservation of the breed or the preservation of the genetic diversity within the breed.
(a) validated in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 1 for each genomically evaluated trait; (b) revalidated for each of those traits at regular intervals and at any time when there are major changes either in the genomic evaluation or in the genetic evaluation or in the reference population.
(a) have suitably qualified staff: (i) who have adequate training: where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(1), in performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals, where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(2), in the preservation of endangered breeds;
(ii) who have been instructed to respect the confidential nature of certain subjects, results or communications; and (iii) who have sufficient knowledge of research activities at national, Union and international level;
(b) possess or have access to the infrastructure, equipment and products necessary to carry out the tasks: (i) where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(1), referred to in point (2); and (ii) where those centres are designated in accordance with Article 29(2), referred to in point (3).
(a) work with breed societies and third parties designated by breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b) to facilitate the uniform application of methods for performance testing and genetic evaluation for purebred breeding animals, referred to in Article 25; (b) inform breed societies, third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), or competent authorities on methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals; (c) review regularly the results of performance testing and genetic evaluations carried out by breed societies or third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b) and the data on which they are based; (d) compare methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals; (e) at the request of the Commission or a Member State: (i) provide assistance in the harmonisation of methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals; (ii) recommend calculation methods to be used for the performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals; (iii) establish a platform for the comparison of the results of the methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals used in Member States, in particular by: developing control protocols for performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals carried out in Member States to improve the comparability of the results and the effectiveness of breeding programmes, carrying out an international assessment of livestock on the basis of the combined results of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals carried out in Member States and third countries, disseminating the results of those international assessments; publishing the conversion formulae and the related information based on which the formulae were established;
(f) provide data on the genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals and training to support breed societies or third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), which are participating in international comparisons of the results of genetic evaluations; (g) facilitate the resolution of emerging problems in Member States linked to the genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals; (h) cooperate, within the scope of their tasks, with internationally recognised organisations; (i) provide, at the request of the Commission, technical expertise to the Standing Committee on Zootechnics.
(a) work with breed societies, third parties designated by breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities and other authorities of the Member States to facilitate the preservation of endangered breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity existing within those breeds; (b) inform breed societies, third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities or other authorities on methods used for the preservation of endangered breeds and the preservation of genetic diversity within those breeds; (c) at the request of the Commission: (i) develop or harmonise methods used for the in situ and ex situ conservation of endangered breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity within those breeds or provide assistance in such development or harmonisation; (ii) develop methods used for the characterisation of the status of endangered breeds with regard to their genetic diversity or their danger of being lost to farming or provide assistance in such development; (iii) encourage exchanges between Member States of information on the preservation of the endangered breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity within those breeds; (iv) provide training to support breed societies or third parties designated by those breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities and other authorities in the preservation of endangered breeds and the preservation of genetic diversity within those breeds; (v) cooperate, within the scope of their tasks, with European and internationally recognised organisations; (vi) provide, within the scope of their tasks, technical expertise to the Standing Committee on Zootechnics.
(a) indicate if the animal is a purebred breeding animal or a hybrid breeding pig or if the germinal products originate from purebred breeding animals or hybrid breeding pigs; (b) include a reference to the taxonomic species; (c) indicate if the consignment is intended for trade or for entry into the Union; (d) include a reference to this Regulation.
(a) the name of the issuing breed society, or, in the case of entry into the Union of the purebred breeding animal, the name of the issuing breeding body, and, where available, a reference to the website of that breed society or breeding body; (b) the name of the breeding book; (c) where applicable, the class within the main section where the purebred breeding animal is entered; (d) the name of the breed of the purebred breeding animal; (e) the sex of the purebred breeding animal; (f) the entry number in the breeding book ("Breeding-book No") of the purebred breeding animal; (g) the system of identification and the individual identification number given to the purebred breeding animal in accordance with: (i) Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the species concerned; (ii) in the absence of Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals requiring an individual identification number, the rules of the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; or (iii) in the case of entry into the Union of the purebred breeding animal the legislation of the third country;
(h) where required in accordance with Article 22(1) and (2), the method used for identity verification of purebred breeding animals used for the collection of semen, oocytes and embryos and the results of the verification of that identity; (i) the date and country of birth of the purebred breeding animal; (j) the name, address and, where available, the e-mail address of the breeder (place of birth of the purebred breeding animal); (k) the name and address and, where available, the e-mail address of the owner; (l) the pedigree: Sire Breeding-book No. and section Paternal Grandsire Breeding-book No. and section Paternal Granddam Breeding-book No. and section Dam Breeding-book No. and section Maternal Grandsire Breeding-book No. and section Maternal Granddam Breeding-book No. and section (m) where available results of performance testing and up-to-date results of the genetic evaluation including the date of that evaluation and genetic defects and genetic peculiarities in relation to the breeding programme affecting the purebred breeding animal itself; (n) in the case of pregnant females, the date of insemination or mating and the identification of the fertilising male, which may be indicated in a separate document; (o) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breed society, or, in the case of entry into the Union of a purebred breeding animal, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breed society or breeding body, or a representative from a competent authority, referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) all the information referred to in Chapter I of this Part concerning the purebred breeding animal that provided the semen; (b) information allowing the identification of the semen, the number of doses to be dispatched, the place and the date of its collection, the name, the address and the approval number of the semen collection or storage centre and the name and the address of the consignee; (c) for semen intended for testing of purebred breeding animals which have not undergone performance testing or genetic evaluation, the number of doses of that semen which shall be in accordance with the quantity limits referred to in Article 21(1)(g), the name and address of the breed society, or the third party designated by that breed society in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), responsible for carrying out that testing in accordance with Article 25; (d) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breed society, or in the case of entry into the Union of semen, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breed society or breeding body or an operator referred to in Article 31(1) or Article 33(1), or a representative from a competent authority, referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) all the information referred to in Chapter I of this Part concerning the donor female that provided the oocytes; (b) information allowing the identification of the oocytes, the number of straws, the place and the date of their collection, the name, the address and the approval number of the embryo collection or production team and the name and the address of the consignee; (c) where there is more than one oocyte in a straw, a clear indication of the number of oocytes collected from the same purebred breeding animal; (d) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breed society, or in the case of entry into the Union of oocytes, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breed society or breeding body or an operator referred to in Article 31(1) or Article 33(1), or a representative from a competent authority referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) all the information referred to in Chapter I of this Part concerning the donor female and the fertilising male; (b) information allowing the identification of the embryos, the number of straws, the place and the date of their collection or production, the name, the address and the approval number of the embryo collection or production team and the name and the address of the consignee; (c) where there is more than one embryo in a straw, a clear indication of the number of embryos having the same parentage; (d) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breed society, or in the case of entry into the Union of embryos, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breed society or breeding body or an operator referred to in Article 31(1) or Article 33(1), or a representative from a competent authority referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) the name of the issuing breeding operation or, in the case of entry into the Union of the hybrid breeding pig, the name of the breeding body and, where available, a reference to the website of that breeding operation or breeding body; (b) the name of the breeding register; (c) the name of the breed, line or cross of the hybrid breeding pig and the parents and grandparents of that pig; (d) the sex of the hybrid breeding pig; (e) the entry number in the breeding register ("Breeding-register No") of the hybrid breeding pig; (f) the system of identification and the individual identification number given to the hybrid breeding pig in accordance with: (i) Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals of the porcine species; (ii) in the absence of Union animal health law on the identification and registration of animals requiring an individual identification number, the rules of the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(3), and, where applicable, Article 12; or (iii) in the case of entry into the Union of the hybrid breeding pig, in accordance with the legislation of the third country;
(g) where required in accordance with Article 22(2), the method used for identity verification of the hybrid breeding pig and the results of the verification of that identity; (h) the date and country of birth of the hybrid breeding pig; (i) the name and address and, where available, the e-mail address of the breeder (place of birth of the hybrid breeding pig); (j) the name and address and, where available, the e-mail address of the owner; (k) the pedigree: Sire Breeding-register No. Breed, line or cross Paternal Grandsire Breeding-register No. Breed, line or cross Paternal Granddam Breeding-register No. Breed, line or cross Dam Breeding-register No. Breed, line or cross Maternal Grandsire Breeding-register No. Breed, line or cross Maternal Granddam Breeding-register No. Breed, line or cross (l) where required to do so by the breeding programme, results of performance testing or up-to-date results of the genetic evaluation or both, including the date of that evaluation and genetic defects and genetic peculiarities in relation to the breeding programme affecting the hybrid breeding pig itself or, to the extent known, its progeny; (m) in the case of pregnant females, the information on the date of insemination or mating, as well as the identification of the fertilising male, which may be indicated in a separate document; (n) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breeding operation, or in the case of entry into the Union of a hybrid breeding pig, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breeding operation or breeding body, or a representative from a competent authority referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) all the information referred to in Chapter I of this Part concerning the hybrid breeding pig that provided the semen; (b) information allowing the identification of the semen, the number of doses, the date of its collection, the name, the address and the approval number of the semen collection or storage centre and the name and the address of the consignee; (c) for semen intended for performance testing or genetic evaluation of hybrid breeding pigs, which have not undergone such testing or evaluation, the number of doses of that semen, which shall be in accordance with the quantity limits referred to in Article 24(1)(d), the name and address of the breeding operation, or the third party designated by that breeding operation in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), responsible for carrying out that testing in accordance with Article 25; (d) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breeding operation or, in the case of entry into the Union of semen, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breeding operation or breeding body or an operator referred to in Article 31(1) or Article 33(1), or a representative from a competent authority referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) all the information referred to in Chapter I of this Part concerning the donor female that provided the oocytes; (b) information allowing the identification of the oocytes, the number of straws, the date of their collection, the name, the address and the approval number of the embryo collection or production team and the name and the address of the consignee; (c) where there is more than one oocyte in a straw, a clear indication of the number of oocytes collected from the same hybrid breeding pig; (d) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breeding operation or, in the case of entry into the Union of the oocytes, by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breeding operation or breeding body or an operator referred to in Article 31(1) or Article 33(1), or a representative from a competent authority referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
(a) all the information referred to in Chapter I of this Part concerning the donor female and the fertilising male; (b) information allowing the identification of the embryos, the number of straws, the place and the date of their collection or production, the name, the address and the approval number of the embryo collection or production team and the name and the address of the consignee; (c) where there is more than one embryo in a straw, a clear indication of the number of embryos that have the same parentage; (d) the date and place of issue of the zootechnical certificate and the name, capacity and signature of the individual authorised to sign that certificate by the issuing breeding operation or, in the case of entry into the Union of embryos, authorised by the issuing breeding body; that individual shall be a representative from that breeding operation or breeding body or an operator referred to in Article 31(1) or Article 33(1), or a representative from a competent authority referred to in Article 30(2)(b).
1. The territory of the Kingdom of Belgium 2. The territory of the Republic of Bulgaria 3. The territory of the Czech Republic 4. The territory of the Kingdom of Denmark with the exception of the Faroe Islands and Greenland 5. The territory of the Federal Republic of Germany 6. The territory of the Republic of Estonia 7. The territory of Ireland 8. The territory of the Hellenic Republic 9. The territory of the Kingdom of Spain with the exception of Ceuta and Melilla 10. The territory of the French Republic 11. The territory of the Republic of Croatia 12. The territory of the Italian Republic 13. The territory of the Republic of Cyprus 14. The territory of the Republic of Latvia 15. The territory of the Republic of Lithuania 16. The territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 17. The territory of Hungary 18. The territory of the Republic of Malta 19. The territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe 20. The territory of the Republic of Austria 21. The territory of the Republic of Poland 22. The territory of the Portuguese Republic 23. The territory of Romania 24. The territory of the Republic of Slovenia 25. The territory of the Slovak Republic 26. The territory of the Republic of Finland 27. The territory of the Kingdom of Sweden 28. The territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
| Council Directive 2009/157/EC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 2, points 9 and 12 |
| Article 2(a),(b), (e) | Article 3(1) |
| Article 2(c) | Article 8(3) |
| Article 2(d) | Article 4(3) |
| Article 3 | Article 18(1) |
| Article 4(1) | Article 7(1) |
| Article 4(2) | Article 7(5) |
| Article 5 | Article 30(1), Article 30(4), first subparagraph, Article 30(6) and point 1(d) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 6(a) | Article 26(1) and Annex III |
| Article 6(b) | Part 1 of Annex I |
| Article 6(c) | Part 2 of Annex I |
| Article 6(d) | Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 6(e) | Article 30(9) and (10) and Annex V |
| Article 7(1) | Article 62(1) |
| Article 7(2) | Article 62(2) |
| Article 8 | — |
| Article 9 | — |
| Article 10 | — |
| Article 11 | — |
| Council Directive 87/328/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 21(1) |
| Article 2(1) | Article 21(4) |
| Article 2(2) | Articles 12 and 13 |
| Article 2(3) | — |
| Article 3 | Article 22(1) and (3) |
| Article 4 | Article 21(5) |
| Article 5 | Article 29(1) |
| Article 6 | — |
| Article 7 | — |
| Council Decision 96/463/EC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1(1) | Article 29(1) |
| Article 1(2) | Article 29(4)(a) and (b)(i) |
| Article 2 | — |
| Annex II | Points 1 and 2 of Annex IV |
| Council Directive 88/661/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 2, points 9, 10, 12 and 17 |
| Article 2(1) | Article 3(1), Article 4(3) and Article 8(3) |
| Article 2(2) | — |
| Article 3 | Article 21(2) |
| Article 4(1) | Article 18(1) |
| Article 4(2) | Article 64(7) |
| Article 4a, first paragraph | Article 7(1) |
| Article 4a, second paragraph | Article 7(5) |
| Article 5 | Article 30(1), Article 30(4), first subparagraph, Article 30(6) and point 1(d) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 6(1) | Article 30(9) and (10), Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I, Part 1 of Annex II, Annex III and Annex V |
| Article 6(2) | — |
| Article 7(1) | Article 3(1), Article 4(3) and Article 8(3) |
| Article 7(2) | Article 1(3) |
| Article 7a | Article 7(1) and (5) |
| Article 8 | Article 25(2) |
| Article 9 | Article 30(1), Article 30(4), first subparagraph, Article 30(6) and point 1(d) of Part 2 of Annex II |
| Article 10(1) | Article 30(9) and (10), Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I, Part 2 of Annex II, Annex III and Annex V |
| Article 10(2) | — |
| Article 11(1) | Article 62(1) |
| Article 11(2) | Article 62(2) |
| Article 11(3) | Article 62(2) |
| Article 12 | Article 1(3) |
| Article 13 | — |
| Article 14 | — |
| Council Directive 90/118/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 21(1) |
| Article 2(1) | Article 21(4) |
| Article 2(2) | Articles 12 and 13 and Article 28(2) |
| Article 2(3) | Article 14 and Article 28(2)- |
| Article 3 | Article 21(5) |
| Article 4 | Article 62(1) |
| Article 5 | — |
| Article 6 | — |
| Council Directive 90/119/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 24(1) and Article 25 |
| Article 2 | Article 24(3) |
| Article 3 | — |
| Article 4 | — |
| Council Directive 89/361/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1(1) | Article 1(1) |
| Article 1(2) | Article 1(3) |
| Article 2 | Article 2, points 9 and 12 |
| Article 3(1) | Article 3(1), Article 4(3) and Article 8(3) |
| Article 3(2) | Article 1(3) |
| Article 4 | Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I, Part 1 of Annex II, Annex III |
| Article 5 | Article 7(1) and (5) |
| Article 6 | Article 30(1), Article 30(4), first subparagraph, Article 30(6) and point 1(d) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 7 | Article 1(3) |
| Article 8 | Article 62(1) |
| Article 9 | — |
| Article 10 | — |
| Council Directive 90/427/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 1(1) |
| Article 2 | Article 2, points 9 and 12 |
| Article 3, first paragraph | Article 3(1) |
| Article 3, second paragraph | Article 1(3) |
| Article 4(1)(a) | Parts 1 and 3 of Annex I |
| Article 4(1)(b) | Point 1(c) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 4(2) | Article 4(3), Article 19(4), Article 33, Article 34(1)(c), Article 30(9) and (10), Article 32, Annex I, Part 1 of Annex II and Annex V |
| Article 5 | Article 7(1) and (5) |
| Article 6 | Point 3 of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 7 | Part 1 of Annex II and Part 1 of Annex III |
| Article 8(1) | Point 1(c) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 8(2) | Article 30(1), Article 30(4), first subparagraph, Article 30(6), Article 32 and point 1(d) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II |
| Article 9 | Article 1(3) |
| Article 10 | Article 62(1) |
| Article 11 | — |
| Article 12 | — |
| Annex | — |
| Council Directive 91/174/EEC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 2 |
| Article 2 | Article 3, Article 35(1) and Article 45(1) |
| Article 3 | — |
| Article 4 | — |
| Article 5 | — |
| Article 6 | — |
| Article 7 | — |
| Article 8 | — |
| Council Directive 94/28/EC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1(1) | Article 1(1) |
| Article 1(2) | — |
| Article 1(3) | — |
| Article 1(4) | Article 3(1) and Article 36(2) |
| Article 2 | Article 2 |
| Article 3 | Articles 34 |
| Article 4 | Article 36(1)(a), (c) and (d) and Article 37(1)(a) |
| Article 5 | Article 36(1)(b) and (d) |
| Article 6 | Article 36(1)(b) and (d) |
| Article 7 | Article 36(1)(b) and (d) |
| Article 8 | Article 39(2) |
| Article 9(1) and (2) | Article 37(1)(b) and (2) |
| Article 9(3) | — |
| Article 10 | Articles 57 and 60 |
| Article 11 | — |
| Article 12 | Article 62(1) |
| Article 13 | — |
| Article 14 | — |
| Article 15 | — |