CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BREEDER’S ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH MAINTAIN OR

CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BREEDERS’ ORGANISATIONS

AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH MAINTAIN OR ESTABLISH HERD-BOOKS

FOR PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.16

CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF

BREEDER’S ORGANISATIONS AND

ASSOCIATIONS WHICH MAINTAIN OR

ESTABLISH HERD-BOOKS FOR PURE-BRED

BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

REGULATIONS *

24th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 308 of 2003.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Criteria for the

Recognition of Breeders’ Organisations and Associations which

maintain or establish Herd-books for Pure-bred Breeding Animals

of the Bovine Species Regulations.

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

provisions found under European Union Commission Decision 84/

247/EEC on the criteria for the recognition of breeders’

organisations and associations which maintain or establish herd-

books for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species. This

Decision finds its legal basis under European Union Council

Directive 77/504/EEC, article 6, second and third indents.

In order to be officially recognised, a breeders’ organisation or association which

maintains or establishes a herd-book must

1. Have legal personality in accordance with the legislation in force in the

territory of Malta where the application is made.

2. Prove to the competent authorities

(a) that it operates efficiently;

(b) that it can carry out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees;

(c) that it has a sufficiently large herd to carry out a breed improvement

programme, or that it has a sufficiently large herd to preserve the breed

where this is considered necessary;

(d) that it can make use of the livestock performance data necessary for

carrying out its breed improvement or preservation programme.

3. Have a set of rules covering

(a) the definition of the breed’s (or breeds’) characteristics;

(b) the system for identifying animals;

(c) the system for recording pedigrees;

(d) the definition of its breeding objectives;

(e) the systems for making use of livestock performance data;

(f)

the division of the herd-book, if there are different conditions for

entering animals or if there are different procedures for classifying the

animals entered in the book.

4. Have rules of procedure, adopted in accordance with its articles of

association, laying down, in particular, the principle of non-discrimination between

members.

In order to be officially recognised, a breeders’

organisation or association which maintains or establishes herd-

books must submit an application to the authorities of Malta or of

the Member State on whose territory its headquarters are situated.

When Malta as a Member State is concerned by the

procedure laid down in regulation 2, the authorities of the territory

o f M a l t a m u s t g r a n t o ff i c i a l r e c o g n i t i o n t o a n y b r e e d e r s ’

organisation or association which maintains or establishes herd-

books on its territory if the latter meet the conditions laid down in

the Schedule

Provided that where in respect of a given breed one or more

officially recognised organisations or associations already exists,

the authorities may refuse to recognise a new breeders’

organisation or association if it endangers the preservation of the

breed or jeopardises the zootechnical programme of the existing

organisation or association. In such a case, the authorities shall

inform the European Commission of approvals granted and refusals

to give recognition.

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

CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BREEDERS’ ORGANISATIONS

AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH MAINTAIN OR ESTABLISH HERD-BOOKS

FOR PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

When Malta as a Member State is concerned by the

procedure laid down in regulation 2, the authorities of the territory

of Malta shall withdraw official recognition from any breeders’

organisation or association which maintains herd-books if the

conditions laid down in the Schedule are no longer being fulfilled

in a persistent manner by the breeders’ organisation or association

concerned.

CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BREEDERS’ ORGANISATIONS

AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH MAINTAIN OR ESTABLISH HERD-BOOKS

FOR PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES