CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF BREEDER’S ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN FLOCK-BOOKS FOR

CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF BREEDERS’ ORGANISATIONS

AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN FLOCK-

BOOKS FOR PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.27

CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF BREEDER’S

ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH

ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN FLOCK-BOOKS FOR

PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS

REGULATIONS *

31st October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 321 of 2003.

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

Approval of Breeders’ Organisations and Associations which

establish or maintain Flock-Books for Pure-Bred Breeding Sheep

and Goats Regulations.

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

provisions found under European Union Commission Decision 90/

254/EEC laying down the criteria for approval of breeders’

organisations and associations which establish or maintain flock-

books for pure-bred breeding sheep and goats. This Decision finds

its legal basis under European Union Council Directive 89/361/

EEC, article 4, first indent.

In order to be officially approved, breeders’ organisations and associations which

maintain or establish a flock-book must

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

territory of Malta or in the Member State where the application is made.

2. Prove to the competent authorities

(a) that they operate efficiently;

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

(c) that they have a sufficiently large flock to carry out a breed

improvement programme, or that they have a sufficiently large herd to

preserve the breed where this is considered necessary;

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

carrying out their 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 their breeding objectives;

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

genetic value of the animals to be assessed;

(f)

the division of the flock-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 articles of association, laying down, in particular, the principle of non-

discrimination between members.

In order to be officially approved, breeders’ organisations

and associations which maintain or establish flock-books must

submit an application to the authorities of the territory of Malta or

the Member State in whose territory their headquarters are situated.

(1) The authorities of the territory of Malta or the Member

State concerned must grant official approval to any breeders'

organisations or associations which maintain or establish flock-

books if the latter meet the conditions laid down in the Schedule.

(2) However, in the territory of Malta or in a Member State in

which in respect of a given breed one or more officially approved

breeders’ organisations or associations already exist, 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 association or organisation.

In this case, the authorities shall inform the Member States or

European Commission of approvals granted and refusals to give

recognition.

The authorities shall withdraw official approval from any

breeders’ organisation or association which maintains flock-books

if the conditions laid down in the Schedule are no longer fulfilled in

a consistent manner by the breeders' organisation or association

concerned.

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

CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF BREEDERS’ ORGANISATIONS

AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN FLOCK-

BOOKS FOR PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS

CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF BREEDERS’ ORGANISATIONS

AND ASSOCIATIONS WHICH ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN FLOCK-

BOOKS FOR PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS