METHODS FOR THE GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES REGULATIONS *

METHODS FOR THE GENETIC IDENTIFICATION

OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS

OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.18

METHODS FOR THE GENETIC IDENTIFICATION

OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE

BOVINE SPECIES REGULATIONS *

24th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 310 of 2003.

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

Genetic Identification of Pure-bred Breeding Animals of the

Bovine Species Regulations.

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

provisions found under European Commission Decision 2002/8/EC

laying down the methods for the genetic identification of pure-bred

breeding animals of the bovine species and amending Decisions 88/

124/EEC and 96/80/EC. This Decision finds its legal basis under

European Union Council Directive 77/504/EEC, article 6(1) and

European Union Council Directive 87/328/EEC, article 3.

In addition to blood group analysis, any other test on the

basis of genome analysis providing equivalent guarantees and

being sufficiently specific to verify the pedigree of an animal at a

certainty of at least 99,0% is approved for the identification of

pure-bred bovine animals for breeding purposes.

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.