
Article 1 
The following centre shall be designated as the European Union reference centre responsible for the scientific and technical contribution to the harmonisation and improvement of the methods of performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals of the bovine species:
Interbull CentreDepartment of Animal Breeding and GeneticsSwedish University of Agricultural Science — SLUUlls väg 26Box 7023SE-750 07 UppsalaSweden
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 4 August 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER