ZOOTECHNICAL AND PEDIGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MARKETING OF PURE- BRED ANIMALS REGULATIONS *

ZOOTECHNICAL AND PEDIGREE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE MARKETING OF PURE-BRED ANIMALS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.12

ZOOTECHNICAL AND PEDIGREE

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MARKETING

OF PURE- BRED ANIMALS REGULATIONS *

7th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 290 of 2003.

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

Pedigree Requirements for the Marketing of Pure-Bred Animals

Regulations.

(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.

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) a Member State of the European Community;

(b) a Third country to the European Community.

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 paragraph (a) 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.

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.

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.

ZOOTECHNICAL AND PEDIGREE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE MARKETING OF PURE-BRED ANIMALS