{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1012/annex-III/part-3/division-6",
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  "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/III/part/3/division/6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Male purebred breeding animals of the bovine species of which the semen is intended to be used for artificial insemination shall be subject to genetic evaluation. That genetic evaluation shall be carried out on the main production traits in relation to the breeding programme as set out in the methods referred to in Part 1 and may be carried out on other relevant production and non-production traits set out in the methods referred to in Part 1. Where for those traits a genetic evaluation is carried out on male purebred breeding animals of the bovine species of which the semen is intended to be used for artificial insemination, the breeding values relating to those traits shall be published at the exception of those relating to animals referred to in Article 21(1)(g) (unproven bulls).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1012/annex/III/part/3/division/6",
    "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."
}