Explanatory note

These Regulations supplement, and make provision for the enforcement of, 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 (“the Animal Breeding Regulation”).

These Regulations revoke and replace the Horses (Zootechnical Standards) (Wales) Regulations 2006 and the Zootechnical Standards (Wales) Regulations 2015. They also amend the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 to make provision in respect of border checks in certain circumstances envisaged by the Animal Breeding Regulation.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.