SPECIMEN AND THE PARTICULARS ON THE PEDIGREE CERTIFICATE OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

SPECIMEN AND THE PARTICULARS ON THE PEDIGREE

CERTIFICATE OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS

OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.25

SPECIMEN AND THE PARTICULARS ON THE

PEDIGREE CERTIFICATE OF PURE-BRED

BREEDING ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

REGULATIONS *

24th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 317 of 2003.

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

Particulars on the Pedigree Certificate 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 86/404/

EEC laying down the specimen and the particulars to be shown on

the pedigree certificate of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine

species. This Decision finds a legal basis under European Council

Directive 77/504/EEC, article 5 and article 6(1), fifth indent.

Model Pedigree Certificate

for intra-Community trade in pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species

Issuing body:.........................................................

Name of herd book: .............................................................................................

Entry No in herd book: .........................................................................................

System of identification (tag, tattoo, brand, earmark, sketch card): ......................

Identification: ......................................................................................................

Name of animal (optional): ..................................................................................

Date of birth: .......................................................................................................

Breed: .................................................................................................................

Sex: .....................................................................................................................

Name and address of breeder: ..............................................................................

Name and address of owner: ................................................................................

Pedigree: .............................................................................................................

Father

Grandfather

Grandmother

Herd book No.

Herd book No.

Herd book No.

Pedigree: .............................................................................................................

Mother

Grandfather

Grandmother

Herd book No.

Herd book No.

Herd book No.

The results of performance tests and updated results with origin of assessment of

the genetic value, on the animal itself and its parents and grandparents

Done at .............................................., on ...........................................................

(signature)

(name in capital letters and title of signatory)

The following particulars must be mentioned in the

pedigree certificate of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine

species

-

issuing body,

-

name of herd book,

-

entry number in herd book,

-

date of issue,

-

system of identification,

-

identification,

-

date of birth,

-

breed,

-

sex,

-

name and address of breeder,

-

name and address of owner,

-

pedigree

Father

Grandfather

Grandmother

Herd Book No.

Herd Book No.

Herd Book No.

Mother

Grandfather

Grandmother

Herd Book No.

Herd Book No.

Herd Book No.

(2) The results of performance tests and the results with origin

of the assessment of the genetic value, on the animal itself and its

parents and grand-parents, must be clearly stated and accompany or

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

SPECIMEN AND THE PARTICULARS ON THE PEDIGREE

CERTIFICATE OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS

OF THE BOVINE SPECIES

be included in the certificate.

The particulars provided for in regulation 2 may be

indicated -

(a) in the form of a pedigree certificate conforming to the

model in the Schedule;

(b) in documentation accompanying the pure-bred

breeding animal. In this event the competent authority

of the territory of Malta or of the Member State of

dispatch must certify that the particulars set out in

regulation 2 are indicated in those documents, by the

following formula -

''The undersigned certifies that these documents

contain the particulars mentioned in Article 1 of

Commission Decision 86/ 404/ EEC''.

SPECIMEN AND THE PARTICULARS ON THE PEDIGREE

CERTIFICATE OF PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS

OF THE BOVINE SPECIES