Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Zootechnical Standards (England) Regulations 2018 and they come into force on 1st November 2018.
They apply in relation to England.
In these Regulations—
expressions used in the Animal Breeding Regulation have the same meaning for the purposes of these Regulations as in that Regulation;
“the Animal Breeding Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 breedingf1.
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OJ No. L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66–143. See also Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/716, which makes provision in respect of the model forms to be used for the information to be included in the lists of recognised breed societies and breeding operations; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/717 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 with regard to the model forms of zootechnical certificates for breeding animals and their germinal products and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1940 as regards the content and format of zootechnical certificates issued for purebred breeding animals of the equine species contained in a single lifetime identification document for equidae.