ANNEX In order to be officially recognized, a breeders' organization or association which maintains or establishes a herd-book must:
1. have legal personality in accordance with the legislation in force in the Member State where the application is made;
2. prove to the competent authorities:
(a) that it operates efficiently;
(b) that it can carry out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees;
(c) that it has a sufficiently large herd to carry out a breed improvement programme, or that it has a sufficiently large herd to preserve the breed where this is considered necessary;
(d) that it can make use of the livestock performance data necessary for carrying out its 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 its breeding objectives,
(e) the systems for making use of livestock performance data,
(f) the division of the herd-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 rules of procedure, adopted in accordance with its articles of association, laying down, in particular, the principle of non-discrimination between members.