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2014/0032(COD) Zootechnical and genealogical conditions for trade in and imports into the Union of breeding animals and their germinal products
Next event: Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee 2015/10/05 more...
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AGRI DANTIN Michel (EPP) DE CASTRO Paolo (S&D), ASHWORTH Richard (ECR), FEDERLEY Fredrick (ALDE), HAZEKAMP Anja (GUE/NGL), HÄUSLING Martin (Verts/ALE), MOI Giulia (EFD)
Lead AGRI
Opinion ENVI DANTIN Michel (EPP)
Opinion ENVI KORHOLA Eija-Riitta (PPE)
Lead committee dossier: AGRI/8/00370
Legal Basis TFEU 042-p1, TFEU 043-p2

Activites

  • 2016/04/12 Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2016/01/11 Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations
    • GEDA/T/(2016)000168 $keyEventDR.document.documentNumber
  • 2015/10/12 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
    • A8-0288/2015 summary
  • 2015/10/05 Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee
  • 2015/10/05 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2014/10/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2014/02/25 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2014/02/11 Legislative proposal published
    • COM(2014)0005 summary
    • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Health and Consumers'}, ANDRIUKAITIS Vytenis Povilas

Documents

  • Legislative proposal published: COM(2014)0005
  • Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations: GEDA/T/(2016)000168 $keyEventDR.document.documentNumber
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0288/2015
AmendmentsDossier
95 2014/0032(COD)
2014/12/16 ENVI 95 amendments...
source: 544.382

History

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  • The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the report by Michel DANTIN (EPP, FR) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions for trade in and imports into the Union of breeding animals and their germinal products.

    The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

    Subject matter and scope: Members underlined the key role breeding plays in conserving rare breeds and thereby in protecting biodiversity. However, efforts to achieve competitiveness should not lead to the disappearance of breeds with characteristics that are adapted to specific biophysical contexts.

    Therefore, the Regulation should lay down zootechnical and genealogical rules for the preservation and improvement of animal breeding as well as rules governing the conservation and improvement of native or endangered breeds.

    For reasons of legal certainty, Members proposed a definition of the concept of ‘breed’.

    Recognition of breed societies and breeding operations: Members proposed to clarify the legal framework for Member State recognition of breed societies. Operators must be required to make an application for recognition in order to keep a breeding book and conduct a breeding programme.

    The competent authority shall define in its application: (i) the preservation of genetic variation within the breed, (ii) the improvement of the breed, (iii) the planning of crosses, or (iv) the planning of a new breed.

    The competent authority shall assess the breeding programmes of a breed society or breeding operation and approve them provided that they fulfil the necessary requirements.

    Rights of breeders participating in breeding programmes: Members seek to clarify breeders’ rights where they are members of a breed society or breeding operation. Specifically, such rights must be reserved for breeders within the geographical area of activity of the breed society. Breeders must have access to the services provided under the programme without discrimination.

    Provisions on disputes between one or more breeders and a breed society already exist in national legislation.

    Rights of breed societies and breeding operations: breed societies or breeding operations may exclude: (i) breeders from participating in a breeding programme if they do not comply with the rules set out in the breeding programme or with the obligations as laid down in the rules of procedure referred to in the Regulation; (ii) after their registration, animals and their progeny as well as genetic material that no longer meet the requirements officially laid down for being listed in the corresponding breeding book.

    Breed societies may carry out performance testing based on the requirements of their breeding programme and, where performance testing is undertaken, may select activities appropriate for their breeding programme.

    Breed societies and breeding operations in a Member State shall be jointly responsible for ensuring that a purebred breeding animal of a breed threatened with extinction can be entered in the main section of a breeding book in any Member State.

    Zootechnical and genealogical rules applicable to purebred breeding animals for breeding: Members deleted provisions concerning this issue, arguing that there are far too many delegated acts, and they are far too broad in scope and relate to key aspects of the text. Furthermore, other species must be incorporated into this regulation only on the basis of codecision arrangements.

    Methods for identity verification: breed societies shall require that purebred breeding animals of the bovine, ovine and caprine species and male purebred breeding animals of the porcine species are identified by analysis of their blood group, or by DNA analysis, such as by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis, by microsatellite analysis or by any other appropriate method providing at least the same degree of certainty.

    The Commission shall take account of advances in identification methods on the basis of the work of the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) and the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG).  

    In the case of rare or endangered breeds, the competent authority of a Member State or the breed societies may prohibit the use of a purebred breeding animal and its germinal products where such use would compromise the improvement, differentiation, preservation and genetic diversity of that breed.

    Performance testing: Members noted that the conditions should be stipulated for carrying out performance testing and genetic evaluation prior to accepting breeding animals for breeding (both male and female, as may be the case for some breeds within the horse family).

    Obligations of breed societies, breeding operations and third parties which carry out performance testing or genetic evaluations have also been laid out.

    If the competent authorities find that the performance testing or genetic evaluations are not being carried out in accordance with recognised zootechnical principles, they may suspend the approved breeding programme.

    Cross-border cooperation between breed societies and breeding operations: this cooperation should be facilitated, while ensuring free enterprise and the removal of obstacles to the free movement of breeding animals and their genetic material. Members considered that such Union partnership arrangements would help in particular to strengthen the Union identity of particular breeds by sharing resources and pooling information with a view to greater reliability and a higher profile.

    Animal health and welfare: these aspects should be taken into account by actors in the zootechnical sector, in particular in their work on the genetic improvement of breeds. The report noted that issues relating to cloning should not be addressed in this Regulation.

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  • PURPOSE: to ensure a harmonised approach to trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their imports into the Union and to the official controls necessary to be  performed on breeding programmes carried out by breed societies and breeding operations.

    PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

    BACKGROUND: the breeding of domestic animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species, and to a lesser extent the breeding of animals of other species, occupy an important place in Union agriculture and is a source of income for the agricultural community. The breeding of animals of those species is best encouraged if purebred breeding animals or hybrid breeding pigs of recorded high genetic quality are used.

    Member States have thus consistently endeavoured, as part of their agricultural policy, to promote, sometimes through public investment, the production of livestock of particular genetic characteristic that meets defined performance standards. Disparities between those standards have the potential to create technical barriers to trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their imports into the Union.

    At present Union zootechnical legislation consists of four species specific (vertical) basic acts laying down the fundamental principles, concerning breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species. Technical requirements of identical nature for acceptance of breeding animals for breeding are currently regulated in three Council Directives and a Commission Decision.

    A horizontal Directive, complemented by implementing measures, provides rules on imports from third countries of breeding animals and their germinal products.

    Lastly, a specific Council Decision provides rules on the designation of a reference centre for breeding of bovine animals.

    CONTENT: the proposed regulation provides in a single legal framework the principles relating to:

    • the approval or recognition and listing of breeding organisations, breeders associations and private undertakings,
    • the registration and classification of animals in herd-books, flock-books, studbooks and, in the case of hybrid breeding pigs in registers,
    • performance testing and genetic evaluation,
    • the content and format of zootechnical certificates for breeding animals and their semen, ova and embryos.

    In addition, the proposal provides rules on imports from third countries of breeding animals, their semen, ova and embryos, and the designation of reference centres for breeding of animals.

    Provisions are laid down in this Regulation to carry out official controls and zootechnical checks and to resolve disputes arising where zootechnical checks disclose non-compliance with zootechnical requirements.

    However, the rules hereby proposed mirror those laid down in the Commission proposal for a new Regulation on official controls that is currently discussed in the European Parliament and in the Council. The Commission will closely follow the evolution of the discussions on the two texts, and will make the necessary proposals in due time in order to ensure that the provisions on official controls in the field of zootechnics are included in the forthcoming Regulation on official controls.

    DELEGATED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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