Division 1 The requirements referred to in Article 18(1) are as follows:
United Kingdom
- (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;
- (i)
- (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 F1animal health law in force in the constituent territory of the United Kingdom 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 F2United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 Point 1(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(a)(i)(aa) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(15)(a)(i)(aa)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 Point 1(d)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 16(2)(a)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)