Performance and Breeding Value Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 1990 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 26, 14 June 2000, pp. 805-810. Long titleOrdinance on assessment of performance and breeding value in cattle. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal production Animal reproduction Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The purpose of the present Ordinance is to implement various EU-directives concerning assessment of performance and breeding value in cattle. Article 1 establishes the criteria for the assessment of performance and breeding value. The text consists of 2 articles and 2 Annexes as follows: Principles for the conduct of performance tests and the assessment of the external appearance (1); Principles for the assessment of breeding value (2). Full text German Website www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de