PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS REGULATIONS *

PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.13

PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS

REGULATIONS *

4th May, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 261 of 2010.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Pure-Bred Breeding

Sheep and Goats Regulations.

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

provisions found under European Union Council Directive 89/361/

EEC concerning pure-bred breeding sheep and goats. These

regulations cover zootechnical problems which may arise in trade

with Member States in pure-bred breeding sheep and goats and the

semen, ova and embryos thereof.

(1) Unless it is stated otherwise in these regulations, the

definitions in the Act shall continue to apply.

(2) For the purpose of these regulations and unless the context

otherwise requires

''the Act'' means the Veterinary Services Act;

''the Community'' means the European Community as established

under the Treaty establishing the European Community;

''the competent authority'' means the Veterinary Services

Authority of Malta as established by the Act;

''flock book'' means any book, register, file or data medium -

(a) which is maintained by a breeders’ organisation or

association officially approved by Malta or a Member

State in which such breeders’ organisation or

association is established, or by an official agency in

Malta or Member State in question; and

(b) in which pure-bred breeding sheep or goats of a given

breed are entered or registered with reference to their

ancestors;

''Me m ber State'' means a s tate whic h is a m ember of the

European Union;

''pure-bred breeding sheep and goat'' means any sheep or goat the

parents and grandparents of which are entered or registered in a

flock book of the same breed and which are themselves entered or

registered and eligible for entry;

''third country'' means a country which is not a member state of

the European Union;

''trade'' means trade between Member States or between a third

country and a Member State in animals and their products, a

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.

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business or occupation to make profit or gain, particularly in

wholesale or retail sales and includes dealings in a particular

business activity.

In Malta the following shall not be prohibited, restricted or

impeded on zootechnical grounds

(a) trade with Member States in pure-bred breeding sheep

and goats and the semen, ova and embryos thereof;

and

(b) the official approval of breeders’ organisations or

associations which maintain or establish flock books

in accordance with regulation 4.

In accordance with the requirements of the European

Community and the procedure laid down in article 34(c) of the Act,

the following shall be determined

(a) the criteria for the approval of breeders’ organisations

and associations which maintain or establish flock

books;

(b) the criteria for entry or registration in flock books;

(c) methods for monitoring performance and assessing the

genetic value of pure-bred breeding sheep and goats;

and

(d) the criteria for the approval of a breeding animal for

the purpose of using its semen, ova or embryos.

The competent authority shall draw up and keep up to date

a list of bodies as referred to in regulation 3(b), which are officially

approved for the purpose of maintaining or establishing flock

books and which meet the criteria determined in accordance with

regulation 4(a) and make it available to the other Member States

and to the public. Detailed rules for the uniform application of this

regulation may be adopted in accordance with the procedure

referred to in regulation 6.

Pure-bred breeding sheep and goats and the semen, ova and

embryos of such animals shall be accompanied at the time of their

marketing by a zootechnical certificate drawn up in accordance

w ith the specim en estab lished und er Eu rop ean Co mm uni ty

requirements and any procedures laid down in accordance with

article 34(c) of the Act.

(1) Any person who fails to abide by these regulations

shall be guilty of an offence in terms of the Act and the application

of an administrative penalty in terms of article 61 of the Act shall

apply to the offender.

(2) Any right given to the competent authority under these

regulations to apply all such necessary measures in terms of article

61 of the Act, shall be given to the competent authority without

prejudice to other criminal procedures which may be taken under

the Act or any other law when a person commits an offence by

failing to abide by these regulations.

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