Art. 6 Ordinance of 31 October 2012 on Livestock Breeding (LO) - Requirements for Breeding Organizations and Private Breeding Enterprises Maintaining Registers for Hybrid Swine Reproducers

A breeding organization or a private breeding enterprise maintaining registers for hybrid swine reproducers shall be recognized upon application if it: a. has its own legal personality and is headquartered in Switzerland; b. possesses legally valid statutes; c. has specific breeding objectives justified by a breeding program; d. maintains or establishes a register and is capable of carrying out the required checks; e. conducts performance tests according to Art. 8; f. conducts breeding value estimations according to Art. 9; g. has a sufficiently large livestock to implement an improvement program; h. ensures the correct execution of zootechnical activities in terms of personnel, technology, organization, and finances, and maintains a unique accounting for the zootechnical measures of all managed breeds and populations; i. operates its zootechnical activities neutrally and in accordance with generally internationally recognized standards.

The statutes of a breeding organization must allow for the affiliation, provided that the statutory conditions are met, of: a. any breeder, and b. any breeding association and any breeding union, to the extent that collective members are provided for.

Art. 5 applies to breeding organizations that maintain a herd-book for hybrid swine reproducers in addition to purebred swine reproducers.

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