
Article 1 
The content and format of the zootechnical certificate forming part of the single lifetime identification document for purebred breeding animals of the equine species, provided for in Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 (‘the zootechnical certificate’), shall be presented as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
Parts I and II of the zootechnical certificate shall be contained in the single lifetime identification document for purebred breeding animals of the equine species issued in accordance with Article 114(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and comply with the following:

((a)) Part I shall be a Section of the single lifetime identification document to be established in accordance with Article 118(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
((b)) Part II shall be either:

((i)) part of the Section referred to in point (a) of this Article, in which case more than one page displaying that Part II are to be provided for updates of the information; or
((ii)) where authorised by the competent authority in accordance with Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, attached to the single lifetime identification document, in which case it shall be linked to Part I referred to in point (a) of this Article by the entry of the individual identification number, referred to as ‘unique code’ in Article 114(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.
Article 3 

1. As of 1 November 2018, Section V of the identification document issued for a purebred breeding animal of the equine species in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 shall be completed in accordance with Article 9(2) thereof and, where necessary for the purposes of Article 30(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, be supplemented with Part II of the zootechnical certificate as described in Article 2(b)(ii) of this Regulation.
2. Part II of the zootechnical certificate shall be attached to the single lifetime identification document issued in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 and shall be linked to the certificate of origin as set out in Section V of Part 1 of Annex I to that Regulation by entry of the unique life number as defined in Article 2(o) of that Regulation.
Article 4 
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, 13 July 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
PART I

1. 
(provide contact details and, where available, a reference to the website)


2. Name of breeding book
 
3. Name of breed


4. Name and commercial name of animal and code of country of birth
 
5.1. Individual identification number


6. Breeding book number
 
5.2. Unique Life Number
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7. Identification of animal


7.1. 
Reading system (if not ISO 11784)

Bar-Code
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7.2. Alternative method for identity verification


8. 
(use format dd/mm/yyyy)
 
9. Country of birth of animal


10. Name, address and e-mail address of breeder


11. Pedigree


11.1. 
Breeding book number and section
 
11.1.1. 
Breeding book number and section
 
11.1.1.1. 
Breeding book number and section
  


11.1.1.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 


11.1.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 
11.1.2.1. 
Breeding book number and section
 


11.1.2.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 


11.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 
11.2.1. 
Breeding book number and section
 
11.2.1.1. 
Breeding book number and section
 


11.2.1.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 


11.2.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 
11.2.2.1. 
Breeding book number and section
 


11.2.2.2. 
Breeding book number and section
 


12.1. 
(insert place of issue)
 
12.2. 
(insert date of issue in format dd/mm/yyyy)
 

12.3. 
(insert in capital letters name and capacity of the individualauthorised by the issuing breed society or competent authority to sign this part of the zootechnical certificate)
 
12.4. Signature









PART II

1.1. Individual identification number

1.2. Unique Life Number ☐☐☐-☐☐☐-☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐
 
2. Identification of animal

2.1. 
Reading system (if not ISO 11784)

Bar-Code


3. Sex
 
2.2. Alternative method for identity verification


4. Class within the main section of the breeding book
 
5. Name, address and e-mail address of owner


4.1. Name of breeding book
 
4.2. Class within the main section


6. Additional information

6.1. Results of performance testing

6.2. 
(insert date in format dd/mm/yyyy)

6.3. Genetic defects and genetic peculiarities of animal in relation to the breeding programme


6.4. System of identity verification and result
 
6.5. Results of parentage control


7. Insemination/mating

7.1. Date (use format dd/mm/yyyy)

7.2. No of covering certificate

7.3. Identification of the donor male

7.3.1. Individual identification number

7.3.2. Unique Life Number ☐☐☐-☐☐☐-☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐


7.3.3. System of identity verification and result
 
7.3.4. Results of parentage control


8.1. 
(insert place of issue)
 
8.2. 
(insert date of issue in format dd/mm/yyyy)
 

8.3. 
(insert in capital letters name and capacity of the individualauthorised by the issuing breed society or competent authority to sign this part of the certificate)
 
8.4. Signature
















