Pure-Bred Breeding Pigs (Entry into Herd-Books Criteria) Regulations, 2003.

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L.N. 322 of 2003

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT, 2001

(ACT NO. XXIII OF 2001)

Pure-Bred Breeding Pigs (Entry into Herd-Books Criteria) Regulations, 2003.

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 34(b) of the Veterinary Services Act, 2001, the

Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment, has made the following regulations :-

Title and scope

(1) The title of these regulations is the Pure-Bred Breeding Pigs (Entry into Herd-

Books Criteria) Regulations, 2003.

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

European Union Commission Decision 89/502/EEC, laying down the criteria governing entry

in herd-books for pure-bred breeding pigs, which is in turn finds its legal basis under article

6(c) of European Union Council Directive 88/661/EEC.

Qualifications of pure-bred breeding pigs

(1) To qualify for entry in the main section of the book of its breed a pure-bred

breeding pig must -

(a) be descended from parents and grandparents entered in a herd-book of that

same breed;

(b) be identified after birth according to the rules of that book;

(c) have a pedigree established in accordance with the rules of that book.

Herd-book

The main section of the herd-book may be divided into several sections according to

the animals' characteristics. Only pure-bred breeding pigs meeting the criteria laid down in

regulation 2 may be entered in one of those sections.

Supplementary section of herd-book

(1) A breeder's association or breeding organisation keeping a herd-book may

decide that a female, which does not meet the criteria laid down in regulation 2, may be

entered in a supplementary section of that herd-book. The female must meet the following

requirements -

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(a) be identified in accordance with the herd-book rules,

(b) be judged to conform to the breed standard,

(c) have minimum characteristics as laid down by the herd-book rules.

(2) The requirements mentioned in the regulation 2(1)(b) and (c) may be differentiated

according to whether the female belongs to the breed although it has no known origin or was

obtained from a crossing programme approved by the breeders' association or breeding

organisation.

Pure-bred females pigs

A female whose mother and maternal grandmother are entered in a supplementary

section of the herd-book as provided for in regulation 4(1) and whose father and two

grandfathers are entered in the main section of the book in accordance with the criteria laid

down in regulation 2 shall be regarded as a pure-bred female and entered in the main section

of the book, as provided for in regulation 2.

Pure-bred breeding pigs from Member States.

Where a book contains several sections a pure-bred breeding pig from a Member

State and having specific characteristics distinguishing it from the population of the same

breed in the territory of Malta shall be entered in the section of the book whose characteristics

it meets.