PURE-BRED BREEDING BOVINES REGULATIONS *

PURE-BRED BREEDING BOVINES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.08

PURE-BRED BREEDING BOVINES REGULATIONS *

7th October, 2003

LEGAL NOTICE 285 of 2003.

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

Bovines Regulations.

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

provisions found under the European Union Council Directive 77/

504/EEC on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species.

For the purposes of these regulations the following

definitions shall apply

(a) ''herd-book'' means any book, register, file or data

medium -

(i)

which is maintained by a breeders’ organisation

or association officially recognised by the

territory of Malta or a Member State in which

the breeders organisation or association was

constituted, or by a official department of the

territory of Malta or of the Member State

concerned;

(ii) in which pure-bred breeding animals of a given

breed of the bovine species are entered or

registered with mention of their ancestors;

(b) ''pure-bred breeding animal of the bovine species

including buffalo'' means any bovine animal the

parents and grandparents of which are entered or

registered in a herd-book of the same breed, and which

is itself either entered or registered and eligible for

entry in such a herd-book;

(c) ''trading partner'' in the meaning of article 2 of the

Veterinary Services Act shall mean -

(i) Member States of the European Community;

(ii) Third countries to the European Community.

In the territory of Malta, the following shall not be

prohibited, restricted or impeded on zootechnical grounds

(a) intra-community trade in pure-bred breeding animals

of the bovine species,

(b) intra-community trade in the semen and ova and

embryos of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine

species,

(c) the establishment of herd-books, provided that they

comply with the requirements laid down pursuant to

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.

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regulation 7,

(d) the recognition of organisations or associations which

maintain herd-books, in accordance with regulation 7,

and

(e) subject to regulation 4, trade with Member States in

bulls used for artificial insemination.

Provisions for the approval of pure-bred breeding animals

of the bovine species for breeding may be adopted in accordance

with the requirements of the European Community and according

to the procedure laid down in article 34(a) of the Veterinary

Services Act.

Until the entry into force of such provisions, approval of

pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species for breeding and

approval of bulls to be used for artificial insemination as well as

the use of semen and ova and embryos shall remain subject to

previous national regulations, on the understanding that that these

regulations may not be more restrictive than that applicable to

pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, semen and

embryos in the Member State of destination.

Breeders’ organisations or associations officially

recognised by the territory of Malta may not oppose the entry in

their herd-books of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine

s p e c i e s f ro m M e m b e r St a t e s p r ov i de d th a t t he y sa t isf y t he

requirements laid down in accordance with regulation 7.

Pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species and the

semen or ova and embryos from such animals shall be

a c c o m p a n i e d , i n t r a d e w i t h M e m b e r St a t e s , b y a p e d i g r e e

certificate which complies with a specimen drawn up in accordance

with the procedure laid down in regulation 7, particularly with

regard to zootechnical performance.

The following shall be determined in accordance with the

requirements of the European Community and the procedure laid

down in article 34(a) of the Veterinary Services Act

(a) performance monitoring methods and methods for

assessing cattle’s genetic value,

(b) the criteria governing the recognition of breeders’

organisations and associations,

(c) the criteria governing the establishment of herd-books,

(d) the criteria governing entry in herd-books,

(e) the particulars to be shown on the pedigree certificate.

Until the implementation of European Community rules on

the subject, the conditions applicable to imports of pure-bred

breeding animals of the bovine species from non-EU Member State

countries must not be more favourable than those governing intra-

Community trade.

The Veterinary Services of the territory of Malta shall not

authorise the import of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine

species from non-EU Member State countries unless they are

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accompanied by a pedigree certificate certifying that they are

entered or registered in a herd-book in the exporting non-EU

Member State country. Proof must be provided that the animals are

either entered or registered and eligible for entry in a herd-book in

the European Community.