Commission Decision 2003/100/EC laying down minimum requirements for the establishment of breeding programmes for resistance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in sheep.

Subject

Livestock

Keyword

Animal health Pests/diseases Sheep/goats Data collection/reporting Policy/planning

Geographical area

Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe

Abstract

Member States are hereby required to introduce, on the basis of the outcome of the survey provided for in Decision 2002/1003/EC, a breeding programme to select for resistance to TSEs in each of their sheep breeds which are native or which form a significant population in their respective territories. The breeding programme shall meet the minimum requirements set forth in Annex I. In particular, it shall concentrate on flocks of high genetic merit. Moreover, a database, a system of uniform identi

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Website

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References - Legislation

Implements

Commission Decision 2002/1003/EC laying down minimum requirements for a survey of prion protein genotypes of sheep breeds.

Legislation | European Union | 2002

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Sheep/goats, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decree laying down the National Breeding Plan for resistance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in sheep.

Legislation | Italy | 2004

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Sheep/goats, Access-to-information, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 546/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards national scrapie control programmes and additional guarantees and derogating from certain requirements of Decision 2003/100/EC and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1874/2003.

Legislation | European Union | 2006 | Repealed

Keyword: Animal health, Sheep/goats, Policy/planning, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Arrêté ministériel portant exécution d'un programme d'élevage axé sur la résistance aux encéphalopathies spongiformes transmissibles (EST) chez les ovins et d'un cadre pour la reconnaissance de la résistance aux EST de certains cheptels ovins.

Legislation | Belgium | 2004 | Repealed

Keyword: Animal production, Animal reproduction, Genetic resources, Sheep/goats, Non-governmental entity, Registration, Certification, Subsidy/incentive, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX