Purebred Breeding Ovine Animals
The main directive on this subject is Council Directive 89/361/EEC dated 30 May 1989 on Purebred Breeding Sheep and Goats. In the Directive, the definition of purebred breeding sheep and goats is defined as “sheep and goats whose parents and grandparents have entered or registered in the pedigree of the same breed and are suitable for registration or at the box office in this register”. The definition of pedigree is made by taking “any book, record or data medium in which purebred sheep and goats are accepted and registered to the race they belong to, with reference to their origins, established by a breeder association or organization or official institution officially approved by the Member State”. By law, Member States may not prevent or restrict the approval of governing associations that establish intra-union trade or genealogies of breeding sheep and goats and their semen, ova or embryos on zootechnical grounds.
The Approval of Breeders’ Associations
The Commission Opinion No 90/254/EEC dated 10 May 1990 was created and put into effect for the necessary criteria to ensure the ratification of these associations. these criteria;
-The Member State to which the application is to be made must have legal personality under the legislation in force..
-They must demonstrate that they can use farm animal yield data as necessary within breed development or breed preservation programs.
-The breeder’s association should define the characteristics of the breed(s), the animal identification system, the pedigree record system, the objectives of the breeding purposes should be explained, a series rule should be determined for the evaluation of the yield data and the genetic value of the animal, especially the union rules should be included that no discrimination can be made between the members..