Home | Databases | WorldLII | Search | Feedback Maltese Laws

Veterinary Services Act (Act Xxiii Of 2001) Criteria For Entering Cattle In Herd-Books Regulations, 2003 (L.N. 316 Of 2003 )

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 34(a) of the Veterinary Services Act,
2001,the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations:-

(2) The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions found under European Union Commission Decision 84/419/EEC laying down the criteria for entering cattle in herd-books. This Decision finds a legal basis under European Union Council Directive 77/504/EEC, article 6(1), fourth indent.

(a) be descended from parents and grandparents entered in a herd-book of that same breed;
(b) be identified at birth according to the rules of that book;
(c) have a pedigree established in accordance with the rules of that herd-book.

(a) be identified in accordance with the herd-book rules,
(b) be judged to conform to the breed standard,
rules.
(c) have a minimum performance criteria as laid down by the herd-book
(2) The requirements mentioned in (b) and (c) of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation may be differentiated according to whether the female belongs to the breed although it has no known origin or was obtained from a crossing programme approved by the breeders' organisation or association managing the herd-book.