# 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), Division 3: The following specific requirements shall apply to purebred breeding animals of the equine species, in addition to those set out in Parts 1 and 2:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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 United Kingdom 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1012/annex/I/part/3/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1012/annex-I/part-3/division-3
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