The Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1064 (W.113)

ANIMALS, WALES

The Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008

Made

9 April 2008

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

10 April 2008

Coming into force

2 May 2008

The Welsh Ministers are designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy.

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations under powers conferred by that section.

Title, application and commencement

1.  The title of these Regulations is the Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008, they apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 2 May 2008.

Amendments

2.—(1) The Zootechnical Standards Regulations 1992(3) are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 5, add —

“Collection, processing and storage of semen

6.— (1) A recognised organisation shall ensure that semen referred to in Article 2 of the 1987 Directive which is intended for intra-Community trade —

(a) is collected and processed at an EC collection centre; and

(b) stored at an EC storage centre.

(2) A recognised organisation which fails to comply with paragraph (1) may have its recognition withdrawn by the Welsh Ministers by notice in writing at any time.

(3) In this regulation —

“the 1987 Directive” means Council Directive 87/328/EEC(4) on the acceptance for breeding purposes of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species; and

“EC collection centre” and “EC storage centre” have the meanings given in the Bovine Semen (Wales) Regulations 2008 (5).”.

(3) For Part V of Schedule 3, substitute—

“PART V CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE FOR BREEDING PURPOSES

Recognised organisations shall accept for breeding purposes bovines, and use ova and embryos, which satisfy the criteria specified in Council Directive 87/328/EEC on the acceptance for breeding purposes of pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species.”

Elin Jones

Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

9 April 2008

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Zootechnical Standards Regulations 1992, S.I. 1992/2370 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

The amendments give effect to the amendments to Council Directive 87/328/EEC on the acceptance for breeding purposes of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (OJ 1 167, 26.6.1987, p. 54) made by Council Directive 2005/24/EC with regard to the use of ova and embryos and storage centres for semen from pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (OJ L78, 24.3.2005, p.43).

New regulation 6 of the 1992 Regulations, added by regulation 2 of these Regulations, places obligations on recognised organisations in relation to the collection, processing and storage of bovine semen. (The term “recognised organisation” is defined in regulation 2(1) of the 1992 Regulations.)

Part V of Schedule 3 of the 1992 Regulations is amended to require recognised organisations to accept for breeding purposes bovine ova and embryos.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument.

(1)

S.I. 2005/2766. Functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of and Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

S.I. 1992/2370.

(4)

OJ No. L167, 26.6.87, p.54, as amended by Council Directive 2005/24/EEC (OJ No L 78, 24.3.2005, p. 43).

(5)

S.I. 2008 /1040 (W.110)