{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1012/annex-II/part-1/chapter-I/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1012/annex-II/part-1/chapter-I/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1012",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1012",
  "path": "annex/II/part/1/chapter/I/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The requirements referred to in Article 18(1) are as follows:",
  "text": "(a)the animal shall meet the following parentage criteria:\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(c)the animal shall be identified in accordance with animal 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;\n(d)in the case of trade in or entry into the United 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;\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1012/annex/II/part/1/chapter/I/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:45.338975+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}