
Article 1 
The Annex to Decision 84/247/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
Decision 84/419/EEC is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 

1. To qualify for entry in the main section of the herd-book of its breed an animal must:
(a) be descended from parents and grandparents entered in the main section of the herd-book of that same breed;
(b) be identified and registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the Parliament and of the Council and the rules adopted for its implementation;
(c) have a pedigree established in accordance with the rules of that herd-book.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), pure-bred animals or descendants from pure-bred animals of different breeds may be entered directly into the main section of a new herd-book during the period of establishment of a herd-book for a new breed.The period of establishment of the new breed shall be defined in the breeding programme of the breeders' organization or association, under the control and with the agreement of the competent authorities, in accordance with Decision 84/247/EEC. The new breed shall be assigned a name that cannot be confused with the name of an existing breed.
3. Whenever an animal is entered in the main section of a new herd-book, and the animal or one of its parents is already registered in another existing herd-book, reference should be documented to the name of that existing herd-book, where the animal or parent was entered first time after birth, together with the original herd-book number.'
2.. In paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3, the word ‘female’ is replaced by the word ‘animal’.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 May 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Point 3 of the Annex to Decision 84/247/EEC is replaced by the following:
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3.. have a set of rules covering:

((a)) the definition of the breed's characteristics, including the name of the breed;
((b)) the identification and registration of animals in accordance with the system and content of the database required by Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and the rules adopted for its implementation;
((c)) the system for recording pedigrees;
((d)) the definition of its breeding objectives, which in case of the establishment of a herd-book for a new breed, shall include the detailed circumstances of establishment of the new breed;
((e)) the systems for making use of livestock performance data;
((f)) the division of the herd-book, if there are different conditions for entering animals or if there are different procedures for classifying the animals entered in the book.'
