CELEX: 51988PC0598
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing of purebred animals (presented by the Commission)

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                                           COM(88 ) 598 final
                                           Brussels , 3 November 1988
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    laying down zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the
                  marketing of purebred animals
                   ( presented by the Commission )
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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The breeding and production of purebred livestock are a source of income for
part of the farming population . Satisfactory breeding results depend largely
on the use of purebred animals for reproductive purposes .
Consequently , with a view to completing the internal market and helping to
increase productivity in this sector , harmonized marketing rules should be
laid down at Community level .
The attached proposal lays down basic rules for the achievement of the said
objectives . It gives the Commission powers to adopt the necessary implementing
decisions , the Standing Committee on Zootechnics having been duly consulted .
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                                    Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       laying down zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the marketing
                                 of purebred animais
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 3 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
Whereas purebred animals , being " live animals ", are included in the list in
Annex II to the Treaty ;
Whereas the breeding and production of purebred animals occupies an important
place in Community agriculture ;
Whereas specific rules for the approximation of zootechnical legislation have
been laid down at Community level for cattle , swine , sheep , goats and equidae;
Whereas , to ensure the rational development of livestock production and thus
increase productivity in that sector , rules for the marketing of purebred
animals should be laid down at Community level ;
Whereas purebred animals are generally reared in the context of farming
activities ; whereas the rearing of such animals constitutes a source of income
for part of the farming population and whereas it should therefore be
encouraged ;
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Whereas satisfactory results in this field depend largely on the use of
purebred animals ;
Whereas , in principle , intra-Community trade must not be prohibited ,
restricted or impeded ; whereas , however , the completion of the internal market
may in certain circumstances call for the approximation of laws , particularly
as regards entries in pedigree records and the certificate required for
marketing purposes ;
Whereas provisions should be introduced preventing purebred animals from being
imported from third countries on terms which are less stringent than those
applicable within the Community ;
Whereas implementing measures should be adopted regarding certain technical
aspects ; whereas , for the purposes of the planned measures , provision should
be made for close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission
within the Standing Committee on Zootechnics ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
1 . This Regulation lays down zootechnical and pedigree requirements for the
    marketing of purebred animals and the semen , ova and embryos thereof .
2 . This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to the provisions laid down
    in more specific Community rules .
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                                        Artide 2
  For the purpose of this Regulation :
( a ) "Purebred animal " shall be taken to mean any animal which is entered or
      registered in a pedigree record ;
(b ) " Pedigree record" : shall be taken to mean any book , register , file or data
                           medium :
                           - which is maintained by a breeders' organization or
                             association officially recognized by a Member State
                             or by an official agency of a Member State ,
                                                   and
                           – in which purebred animals of a given breed are
                             entered  or registered .
                                        Article 3
  Intra-Community trade in purebred animals and in the semen , ova and embryos
  thereof may not be prohibited , restricted or impeded on zootechnical ground or
  for reasons of pedigree breeding .
                                        Article 4
 Where necessary , the Commission , acting in accordance with the procedure laid
 down in Article 7 , shall establish :
  - the criteria for the recognition of breeder 's organizations and
      associations which maintain or establish pedigree records ;
      the criteria for entry or registration in pedigree records ;
  - the criteria for approval for reproduction and for the use of semen , ova
      and embryos ;
  - the certificate to be required for the marketing of purebred animals and
      the semen , ova and embryos thereof .
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Until Community rules on the subject are implemented , the conditions
 applicable to imports of purebred animals and to the semen , ova and embryos
thereof from third countries must not be more favourable than those governing
 intra-Community trade .
                                      Article 6
The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Zootechnics,
 hereinafter referred to as " the Committee ".
                                      Article 7
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be used , the following
rules shall apply :
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of
the measures to be adopted . The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the
draft within a time limit which the Chairman may Lay down according to the
 urgency of the matter , if necessary by taking a vote .
The opinion shall be entered in the minutes ;   in addition , each Member State
 shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes .
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by
 the Committee . It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its
opinion has been taken into account .
                                     Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                       For the Council