Chapter VI, Article 29 · Regulation (EU) 2016/1012

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Article 29European Union reference centres#

1.Where there is a recognised need to promote the harmonisation or improvement of the methods of performance testing or genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals used by breed societies or by third parties designated by breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), the Commission may adopt implementing acts, designating the European Union reference centres responsible for the scientific and technical contribution to the harmonisation or improvement of those methods.Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(2).

2.Where there is a recognised need to promote the establishment or harmonisation of the methods used by breed societies, third parties designated by breed societies in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), competent authorities or other authorities of the Member States for the preservation of endangered breeds or the preservation of the genetic diversity existing within those breeds, the Commission may adopt implementing acts, in order to designate the European Union reference centres responsible for the scientific and technical contribution to the establishment or harmonisation of those methods. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(2).

3.The designations provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall follow a public selection process and shall be limited in time or reviewed regularly.

4.European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article shall:

(a)comply with the requirements set out in point 1 of Annex IV; and

(b)be responsible for the tasks:

(i)in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, set out in point 2 of Annex IV;

(ii)in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, set out in point 3 of Annex IV;

if those tasks are included in the reference centres' annual or multiannual work programmes established in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the relevant work programmes adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014.

6.European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 shall be subject to Commission controls to verify that:

(a)they comply with the requirements set out in point 1 of Annex IV;

(b)they fulfil the tasks:

(i)in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 1, set out in point 2 of Annex IV;

(ii)in the case of European Union reference centres designated in accordance with paragraph 2, set out in point 3 of Annex IV.

If the results of such a control disclose that a European Union reference centre does not comply with the requirements set out in point 1 of Annex IV or does not fulfil the tasks set out in point 2 or 3 of Annex IV, the Commission may adopt implementing acts, reducing the Union financial contribution granted in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 or withdrawing the designation as a European Union reference centre. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(2).

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animal
means a domestic animal of:
breed
means a population of animals sufficiently uniform to be considered to be distinct from other animals of the same species by one or more groups of breeders which have agreed to enter those animals in breeding books with details of their known ascendants for the purpose of reproducing their inherited characteristics by way of reproduction, exchange and selection within the framework of a breeding programme;
breed society
means any breeders' association, breeding organisation or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes;
breeding animal
means a purebred breeding animal or a hybrid breeding pig;
breeding body
means any breeders' association, breeding organisation, private undertaking, stock-rearing organisation or official service in a third country which, in respect of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine species or of hybrid breeding pigs, has been accepted by that third country in connection with the entry into the Union of breeding animals for breeding;
breeding book
means:
breeding operation
means any breeders' association, breeding organisation, private undertaking operating in a closed production system or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on hybrid breeding pigs registered in the breeding register(s) it maintains or establishes;
breeding programme
means a set of systematic actions, including recording, selection, breeding and exchange of breeding animals and their germinal products, designed and implemented to preserve or enhance desired phenotypic and/or genotypic characteristics in the target breeding population.
breeding register
means:
breeding value
means an estimate of the expected effect of the genotype of a breeding animal on a given characteristic in its progeny;
class
means a horizontal division of the main section in which purebred breeding animals are entered according to their merits;
competent authorities
means the authorities of a Member State which are responsible, pursuant to this Regulation, for:
competent authority
shall mean the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence;’;
endangered breed
means a local breed, recognised by a Member State to be endangered, genetically adapted to one or more traditional production systems or environments in that Member State and where the endangered status is scientifically established by a body possessing the necessary skills and knowledge in the area of endangered breeds;
entry into the Union
means the action of bringing breeding animals and their germinal products into one of the territories listed in Annex VI from outside those territories excluding transit;
germinal products
means semen, oocytes and embryos collected or produced from breeding animals for the purpose of assisted reproduction;
hybrid breeding pig
means an animal of the porcine species registered in a breeding register, which is produced by deliberate cross-breeding or used for deliberate cross-breeding between:
line
means a genetically stable and uniform subpopulation of purebred breeding animals of a particular breed;
main section
means the section of a breeding book in which purebred breeding animals are entered or registered and eligible for entry with details of their ascendants and, where applicable, their merits;
merit
means a quantifiable heritable characteristic or a genetic peculiarity of a breeding animal;
official control
means any type of control that the competent authorities perform in order to verify compliance with the rules laid down in this Regulation;
operator
means any natural or legal person subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation, such as breed societies, breeding operations, third parties that have been designated by breed societies or breeding operations in accordance with Article 27(1)(b), semen collection and storage centres, embryo storage centres, embryo collection or production teams, and breeders;
other official activities
means any activity other than an official control which is performed by competent authorities in accordance with this Regulation in order to ensure the application of the rules laid down in this Regulation;
private undertaking operating in a closed production system
means a private undertaking with a breeding programme in which participate either no breeders or a restricted number of breeders who are bound to that private undertaking to accept from it the supply of hybrid breeding pigs or to supply hybrid breeding pigs to it;
purebred breeding animal
means an animal which is entered or registered and eligible for entry in the main section of a breeding book;
trade
means the action of buying, selling, exchanging or otherwise acquiring or releasing animals or their germinal products within the Union, including within a Member State;
zootechnical certificate
means breeding certificates, attestations or commercial documentation which are issued on paper or in electronic form for breeding animals and their germinal products and which provide information on pedigree, identification and, where available, results of performance testing or genetic evaluation;