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Identification of Equidae in the EU
Kai-Uwe Sprenger
DG Health and Consumer ProtectionUnit D.1 Animal health
Identification DocumentIssued by “competent authority”
equidae for slaughter
New situation from 1 July 2009Regulation (EC) No 504/2008
registered equidae
issued by “studbook“
equidae breeding & production
Issued by “competent authority”
• single lifetime identification document (~6 months after birth)• link between document and animal (electronic transponder)• database recording the unique identification number• procedure for replacement/duplicate documents
clarification on issuing bodies for …
Some options/derogations:
outline diagram (Art. 6)
animals under wild or semi-wild conditions (Art. 7)
alternative methods to prevent multiple identification documents (Art. 12)
smart card as option instead of passport (Art. 14)
foals for slaughter within 12 months (Art. 15)
Can an approved breeding organisation (studbook)
from another Member State issue identification documents
for its membersin Italy?
YES!
Community legislation does not prevent the owner of an animal to register the animal in a
studbook in another Member State.
What is an approved breeding organisation?(Decision 92/353/EC)
breeders’ organisation or associationkeeping a studbookcarrying out a breeding programme
legal right to be approved by authorities of the Member State of its headquarters according to Community legislationactivity not limited to one Member State
special regulations INTERBULL Cou.D. 96/463 - financial aid
Competitions Dir. 90/428
Data C.D. 92/216
Dir. Council Directive C.D. Commission Decision Cou.D. Council Decision Reg. Commission Regulation
“studbook of the origin of a breed”
One breeding organization (‘mother studbook’) establishes principles, the ‘daughter studbooks’ have to comply with
Cannot prevent that several breeding organizations will be approved for the same breed
Principles to be established by the studbook of the originDecision 92/353/EEC point 3 (b)
systems for pedigree recording
characteristics of the breed
identification (e.g. number, technique)
selection objectives
division of the studbook in classes
lineages (generations)
Practical Consequences
several breeding organisations for the same breed can exist in one Member State
organisations not following the principles of the studbook of origin breed - legally - a different breed
Entry in studbooks (Dec. 96/78)
Legal right to enter the main section of the studbook of its breed for each animal whose parents are entered in the main section
Main section may be divided into classes according to the animals‘ merits (e.g. conformation)
Supplementary section as option for “open studbooks“
Entry into studbooks(Dec. 96/78/EC)
class without additional requirements
may be further divided(elite, super elite, …)
minimum performance,clear rules allowing progeny
to enter the main section
stallions/mares
main section for animals with legal right to enter (parents in the studbook)
supplementary section for animals without legal right to enter (no pedigree)
Horse Competitions (Dir. 90/428/EEC)
rules of competitions (including showing classes) may not discriminate between horses from different Member States with view to
requirements for entering the competition
judging
price money
Derogations (Art 2 (2) of Dir. 90/428/EEC)
a)competitions reserved for specific studbooks
b)regional competitions (with view to select)
c)historic or traditional events
Member State shall inform the Commission beforehand
Distribution of price money (Art 2 (2) of Dir. 90/428/EEC)
Member States may reserve max. 20% of the price money (per competition) for improvement of (national) breeding.
What is a breed?
“A breed is a group of domestic animals, termed such by common consent of the breeders, ... a term which arose among breeders of livestock, created ... one might say, for their own use, and no one is warranted in assigning to this word a scientific definition and in calling the breeders wrong when they deviate from the formulated definition. It is their word and the breeders common usage is what we must accept as the correct definition.”
Jay L. Lush (1948) in: The Genetics of Populations