CRITERIA FOR ENTERING CATTLE IN HERD-BOOKS REGULATIONS *

CRITERIA FOR ENTERING CATTLE IN HERD-BOOKS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.24

CRITERIA FOR ENTERING CATTLE

IN HERD-BOOKS REGULATIONS *

24th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 316 of 2003.

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

Entering Cattle in Herd-Books Regulations.

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

provisions found under European Union Commission Decision 84/

419/EEC laying down the criteria for entering cattle in herd-books.

This Decision finds a legal basis under European Union Council

Directive 77/504/EEC, article 6(1), fourth indent.

To qualify for entry in the main section of the herd-book of

its breed an animal must -

(a) be descended from parents and grandparents entered in

a herd-book of that same breed;

(b) be identified at birth according to the rules of that

book;

(c) have a pedigree established in accordance with the

rules of that herd-book.

The main section of a herd-book may be divided into

several classes according to the animals’ merits. Only cattle

meeting the criteria laid down in regulation 2 may be entered in one

of those classes.

(1) A breeders’ organisation or association 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

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

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

(c) have a minimum performance criteria as laid down by

the herd-book rules.

(2) The requirements mentioned in of subregulation (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’ organisation or

association managing the herd-book.

A female whose mother and maternal grandmother are

entered in a supplementary section of the herd-book as provided for

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.

CRITERIA FOR ENTERING CATTLE IN HERD-BOOKS

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, provided for in

regulation 2.

Where a book contains several classes in the main section,

an animal not originating from Malta but from a Member State

shall be entered in the class of the book whose criteria it meets.