Animals, 2003 (ln_2003_290) | MT

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2003 290 — Animals, 2003

Preamble — Animals, 2003 Open official source

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L.N. 290 of 2003

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT, 2001

(ACT NO. XXIII OF 2001)

Zootechnical and Pedigree Requirements for the Marketing of Pure-Bred

Animals, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 34 of the Veterinary Services Act,

2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following

regulations:-

Title and scope

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2003 290 — Animals, 2003

Reg. 1 — Animals, 2003 Open official source

(1) The title of these regulations is the Zootechnical and Pedigree

Requirements for the Marketing of Pure-Bred Animals.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions found under

European Union Council Directive 91/174/EEC has made the following regulations

laying down zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing of pure-bred

animals.

Definitions

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2003 290 — Animals, 2003

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For the purposes of these regulations–

“Pure-bred animal” shall mean any animal for breeding, the trade in which

has not yet been the subject of more specific zootechnical legislation and which is

entered or registered in a register or pedigree record kept by a recognised breeders'

organisation or association;

“Trading Partner” in the meaning of article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act

shall mean –

(a) Member State of the European Community;

(b) Third country to the European Community.

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Marketing of pure-bred animals

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2003 290 — Animals, 2003

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In the territory of Malta -

(a) The marketing of pure-bred animals and of the semen, ova and embryos

thereof is not prohibited, restricted or impeded on zootechnical or pedigree grounds;

(b) In order to ensure that the requirement provided for in the sub-regulation

(1) is satisfied, the criteria for approval and recognition of breeders' organisations or

associations, the criteria for entry or registration in pedigree records or registers, the

criteria for approval for reproduction of pure-bred animals and for the use of their

semen, ova and embryos, and the certificate to be required for their marketing should

be established in a non-discriminatory manner, with due regard for the principles laid

down by the organisation or association which maintains the register or pedigree

record of the breed in question.

Veterinary Services Act, article 37(f).

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2003 290 — Animals, 2003

Reg. 4 — Animals, 2003 Open official source

The detailed rules for the application of these regulations shall be adopted

in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 34(f) of the Veterinary Services

Act.

Animals, 2003

Statutory Text (5 Articles)

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