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ANNEXU.K.

Point 3 of the Annex to Decision 84/247/EEC is replaced by the following:

‘3.

have a set of rules covering:

(a)

the definition of the breed's characteristics, including the name of the breed;

(b)

the identification and registration of animals in accordance with the system and content of the database required by Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000(1) and the rules adopted for its implementation;

(c)

the system for recording pedigrees;

(d)

the definition of its breeding objectives, which in case of the establishment of a herd-book for a new breed, shall include the detailed circumstances of establishment of the new breed;

(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.