# 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 1: The conditions referred to in Article 20(2) are as follows:

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

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1012/annex/II/part/1/chapter/III/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1012/annex-II/part-1/chapter-III/division-1
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