HYBRID-BREEDING PIGS FOR BREEDING REGULATIONS *

HYBRID-BREEDING PIGS FOR BREEDING

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.04

HYBRID-BREEDING PIGS FOR BREEDING

REGULATIONS *

7th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 282 of 2003.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Hybrid-Breeding

Pigs for Breeding Regulations.

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

provisions found under European Union Council Directive 90/119/

EEC of hybrid breeding pigs which in turn has a legal basis in

article 8 of European Union Council Directive 88/661/EEC.

In the territory of Malta, without prejudice to animal health

rules there is no prohibition or restriction of or obstacle to -

(a) the acceptance of hybrid breeding female pigs for

breeding;

(b) the acceptance of hybrid breeding male pigs for

natural service;

(c) the acceptance for artificial insemination of hybrid

breeding male pigs whose line has been tested for

monitoring performance and assessing its genetic

value;

(d) the use of the semen of the animal referred to in

paragraph (e);

(e) the acceptance, for official testing, of hybrid breeding

male pigs or the use of the semen of such pigs within

quantitative limits necessary for the tests for

monitoring their performance and assessing their

genetic value to be carried out;

(f)

the use of ova and embryos from hybrid breeding

female pigs.

In the territory of Malta, without prejudice to animal health

rules, for marketing, the semen, ova and embryos are collected,

treated and stored by an officially approved centre or officially

approved staff.

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.