L.S. 437.31(R) Regolamenti dwar Kriterji li jirregolaw id-Dħul f’Kotba tal-Merħla ta’ Nagħaġ u Mogħoż tar-Razza Pura għat-Tgħammir Imħassrin bl-Avviż

(1)The title of these regulations is the Pure-Bred Breeding Sheep and Goats (Entry in Flock-Books Criteria) Regulations. Title and scope.

(2)The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions found under European Union Commission Decision 90/ 255/EEC laying down the criteria governing entry in flock-books for pure-bred breeding sheep and goats. This Decision finds its legal basis under European Union Council Directive 89/361/EEC, article 4, second indent. 2. To qualify for entry in the main section of the book of its breed a pure-bred breeding sheep or goat must (

1. a)be descended from parents and grandparents entered in a flock-book of that same breed; Qualifications for entry into the main section of the book. (
2. b)be identified after birth according to the rules of the book; (
3. c)have a pedigree established in accordance with the rules of the book. 3. The main section of the flock-book may be divided into several classes according to the animals’ characteristics. Only purebred breeding sheep and goats meeting the criteria laid down in regulation 2 may be entered in one of the classes. Classification according to animals’ characteristics. 4.

(1)A breeders’ organisation or association keeping a flock-book may decide that a female which does not meet the criteria laid down in regulation 2 may be entered in a schedule to the flock-book. The female must meet the following requirements: Non-conforming animals of the female species. (a) be identified after birth in accordance with the flockbook rules, (b) be judged to conform to the breed standard, (c) have minimum characteristics as laid down by the flock-book rules.

(2)A female whose mother and maternal grandmother are entered in the Schedule to the flock-book as provided for in subregulation

(1)and whose father and two grandfathers are entered in the main section of the book in accordance with regulation 2, is regarded as a pure-bred female and entered in the main section of the book, as provided for in regulation

1. *These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of
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(3)The requirements mentioned in the second and third indents of subregulation

(1)may be differentiated according to whether the female belongs to the breed but has no known origin or was obtained from a crossing programme approved by the breeders’ organisations or associations. Criteria laid down under regulation 2 not being kept animals of the male species. 5. A breeder’s organisation or association keeping a flockbook may decide that a male which does not meet the criteria laid down in regulation 2, may be entered in an Schedule to the flock book. The male must meet the following requirements: (

1. a)be identified after birth in accordance with the flockbook rules; (
2. b)be judged to conform to the breed standard; (
3. c)have minimum characteristics as laid down by the flock-book rules; (
4. d)fulfil the conditions laid down in the Schedule. Classification entered into section of flock-book according to characteristics. 6. Where a book contains several classes, a pure-bred breeding sheep or goat from another flock-book of the same breed and having specific characteristics distinguishing it from the population of the same breed in the flock-book of destination, shall be entered in such section of the book whose characteristics it meets. PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS (ENTRY IN FLOCK-BOOKS CRITERIA) [ S.L.437.31 3 SCHEDULE Conditions provided for in regulation 5(
5. d)The male must belong to a hardy breed of sheep which is not normally intended for milk production and to one of the following breeds: Alacarrena Appenninica Bergamasca Biellese Blackface Campanica Cheviot Churra Algarvia Churra de Terra Quente Dalesbred Dartmoor Derbyshire Gritstone Exmoor Horn Eppynt Hill and Beulah Speckled Face Galega Bragancana Gallega Gentile di Puglia Gotland Hardwick Lonk Merina Merino Beira Baixa Merino Branco Montesina North Country Cheviot Ojalada Resa Aragonesa Ripollesa Ronaldsay Rough Fell Segurena Shetland Soay Sopravissana St Kilda Swaledale Talaverana Welsh Mountain