CHAPTER II

Recognition of breed societies and breeding operations ... and approval of breeding programmes
Section 2

Approval of breeding programmes

Approval of breeding programmes carried out by breed societies and breeding operations
Article 8
1
A breed society or a breeding operation recognised under Article 4(3) shall submit applications for approval of its breeding programmes to the competent authority which has recognised that breed society or breeding operation in accordance with Article 4(3).
2
The applications referred to in paragraph 1 shall be in writing, either on paper or in electronic form.
3
The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall evaluate those breeding programmes and approve them provided that:
a
they have one or more of the following aims:
1. in the case of purebred breeding animals:
  - the improvement of the breed,
  - the preservation of the breed,
  - the creation of a new breed,
  - the reconstruction of a breed;
2. in the case of hybrid breeding pigs:
  - the improvement of the breed, line or cross,
  - the creation of a new breed, line or cross;
b
they describe in detail the selection and breeding objectives;
c
they comply with the requirements set out in Part 2 of Annex I, and in addition in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species, in Part 3 of Annex I.
4
Breed societies or breeding operations may outsource to a third party specific technical activities related to the management of their breeding programmes, including performance testing and genetic evaluation, provided that:
a
the breed societies and breeding operations remain responsible to the competent authority for ensuring compliance with the requirements provided for in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I;
b
there is no conflict of interests between that third party and the economic activities of breeders who participate in the breeding programme;
c
that third party fulfils all the necessary requirements to carry out those activities;
d
those breed societies and breeding operations specify the activities which they intend to outsource and the name and contact details of those third parties in their applications referred to in paragraph 2.
5
Where, for at least 24 months, there are no breeders which have their holdings, on which they keep their breeding animals, located on a given part of the geographical territory that are participating in a breeding programme approved in accordance with paragraph 3, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 may require the breed society or breeding operation concerned to adjust the geographical territory of its breeding programme so as not to include that given part.
Art. 8(1) inserted by The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 4(5) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 28(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Ch. 2 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/117), regs. 1, 4(1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)