REAL DECREE 420/1987 OF 20 FEBRUARY ON THE SELECTION AND REPRODUCTION OF BOVINE ANIMALS OF PURE BREEDS, IN ARTICLE 8 THEREOF, PROVIDES THAT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD SHALL DETERMINE THE BASIC CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL TERRITORY, WHICH IS WHY THESE CRITERIA ARE LAID DOWN IN THIS PROVISION IN ORDER TO COORDINATE AND ENCOURAGE THE EXERCISE OF CONTROL ACTIVITY.

THE ORDER OF 14 MARCH 1988, APPROVING THE METHODS OF ASSESSING THE GENETIC VALUE OF BOVINE ANIMALS OF PURE BREED, MEAT FITNESS, DETERMINES THAT EACH ASSOCIATION OR ORGANISATION OF BREED BREEDERS LEGALLY IT SHALL PROPOSE TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, THROUGH THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, THE APPROVAL OF ITS VALUATION SCHEME, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE INTER-COMMUNITY IN NATURE, OR TO EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES. AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, WHERE SUCH ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS ARE CONFINED TO THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE CORRESPONDING AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY. IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE VALUATION SCHEME TO BE PROPERLY DEVELOPED, THE ABOVEMENTIONED ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS MUST HAVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO PROMOTE THE VERIFICATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MEAT AND TO SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENT TESTS. THE GENETICS OF THE PLAYERS BY THE METHODS OF THEIR OWN OR OFFSPRING ' S PERFORMANCE, FOR BETTER COMPETITIVENESS BOTH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND IN THIRD COUNTRIES. AID IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR THE OVINE, CAPRINE AND PORCINE SPECIES (IBERIAN PIG).

IN THIS ORDER, THE PROCEDURES PROVIDED FOR IN ROYAL DECREE 1755/1987 OF 23 DECEMBER.

THE PARTICIPATION OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES HAS ALSO BEEN REQUESTED IN THE PHASES OF THE ELABORATION OF THE STANDARD, WHOSE SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED, IF NECESSARY, TO THE TEXT.

CONSEQUENTLY, I HAVE HAD TO DISPOSE:

ARTICLE 1. 1. IT SHALL BE OBLIGATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS OF PURE-BRED BREEDERS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AND OF THE COLLABORATING ENTITIES, BOTH OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD AND OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES WHERE APPROPRIATE, WHEN CARRYING OUT THE CONTROL OF OFFICIAL MEAT YIELD TO DEVELOP THE GENETIC-FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT SCHEME OF PLAYERS.

2. THE OFFICIAL MEAT YIELD CONTROL SHALL BE CARRIED OUT BY COLLECTING INFORMATION ON THE REPRODUCTIVE AND BREEDING CHARACTERS OF CONTROLLED FEMALES, AND THE PRACTICE OF REARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUTURE BREEDING ANIMALS. VALUE, BASED ON ITS AND , THROUGH THE OWN CONTROL OF THE PROGENY, OBTAINED BY RANDOM MATING. THE OFFSPRING TEST WILL EVALUATE THE GENETIC VALUE FOR REPRODUCTIVE, FUNCTIONAL AND CHANNEL CHARACTERS.

ART. 2. THE OFFICIAL MEAT YIELD CONTROL IS VOLUNTARY FOR THE FARMER, THE ORGANIZATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF PURE BREED BREEDERS BEING OBLIGED TO OFFER, IN ALL CASES, THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PLAYERS NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPROVED VALUATION SCHEME, COMMITTING ITSELF TO MEET THE CRITERIA SET OUT IN IT.

THE OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED ASSOCIATIONS OF BREEDERS OF PURE BREED AND OF THE COLLABORATING ENTITIES, BOTH FROM THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, AND FROM THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES WHERE APPROPRIATE, WILL HAVE HOLDINGS CONTRIBUTORS TO THE VALUATION SCHEME, AND SHALL UNDERTAKE, TO CARRY OUT THE INTENDED ARRANGEMENTS TO BE DETERMINED, FOR THE CHOICE OF , TO RESERVE THE BREEDING CENSUS TO BE FIXED FOR RANDOM MATING, AND ASSIGN THEIR OFFSPRING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VALUATION TESTS.

ART. 3. 1. THE OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF BREED BREEDERS SHALL SUBMIT TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD THROUGH THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE OF A NATURE. INTER-COMMUNITY, OR IN THE CASE OF EACH OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, WHERE SUCH ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS ARE CONFINED TO THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY CONCERNED, THE PROGRAMME FOR THE CONTROL OF MEAT YIELD, WITH AN INDICATION OF THE BREEDERS ' COMPONENTS AND THEIR BREEDING CENSUSES. THE PARAMETERS TO BE ANALYZED, THE METHODOLOGY AND NUMBER OF HEAVY, CONTROLS, CALCULATIONS, INDICES TO BE USED AND THE GENETIC PROGRAM USED WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN DETAIL.

2. WHERE PURE BREED BREEDERS ' ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, THEY SHALL FORWARD THE INFORMATION OBTAINED TO THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

ART. 4. ONLY OFFICIAL VALIDITY SHALL BE VALID TO APPEAR IN THE GENEALOGICAL LETTERS OF THE COPIES ENTERED IN THE BOOKS, THE DATA OBTAINED BY THE METHOD OF EVALUATION OF THE GENETIC VALUE OF THE PLAYERS DEVELOPED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF THE BREEDERS, AND AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, THROUGH THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THEIR CASE, OR BY THE CORRESPONDING AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY.

ART. 5. 1. AS A MEASURE OF SUPPORT FOR THE FUNCTIONAL GENETIC ASSESSMENT OF MEAT BREEDS STALLIONS, BREEDERS ' ASSOCIATIONS WHICH OFFICIALLY CARRY THE HERD BOOK, RECOGNISED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, OR BY THE COMMUNITIES AUTONOMOUS AS APPROPRIATE, MAY BE CHARGED TO THE GENERAL BUDGETS OF THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE AVAILABLE BUDGET, A SUBSIDY WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED 9,000 PESETAS PER YEAR PER COW AND BREEDING DURING THE YEAR THAT HAS BEEN CONTROLLED, WITHOUT WHICH, IN NIGONE CASE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT PER HOLDING EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF 180,000 PESETAS.

TO THIS EFFECT, THE VALUATION STATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS INDIVIDUAL HOLDINGS, RECEIVING A SIMILAR SUBSIDY PER CONTROLLED ANIMAL.

2. IN THE CASE OF BREEDING AND BREEDING PIGS OF IBERIAN PIGS, AS WELL AS SHEEP AND GOATS, THE AMOUNT OF THE SUBSIDY SHALL BE HALF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED BY THE FEMALE BOVINE ANIMALS, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND BY HOLDING AND PARIDERA.

3. THE BREEDERS ' ASSOCIATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH EACH YEAR, DETAILED LIST OF HOLDINGS, CONTROLLED BREEDING AND BREEDING, NUMBER AND TYPE OF CHECKS, PARAMETERS, INDICES OBTAINED AND COPY OF THE GENETIC PROGRAMME USED.

THE PRESENTATION OF THIS DATA CAN BE DONE BY COMPUTER OR TOKEN METHOD, BEING PRESENTED IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR, AND CORRESPONDING TO THE CONTROLS OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

4. THIS DATA SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BREEDING ASSOCIATIONS OR COLLABORATING ENTITIES, TO THE CORRESPONDING AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OR TO THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO THE TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF THOSE DATA.

BY THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, THE RELATIONS AND DATA RECEIVED FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CORRESPONDING PAYMENT.

ART. 6. ANNUALLY, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, THROUGH THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND IN ITS CASE THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, WILL VERIFY THE RESULTS OBTAINED.

ART. 7. THE INSPECTOR OF RACE, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE CASE OF ASSOCIATIONS OF SUPRÄMPOMUNITARY SCOPE, OR BY THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY WHERE APPROPRIATE, SHALL SUPERVISE THE OPERATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTROLES.

ART. 8. IN ANY EVENT THE PAYMENT OF THE CORRESPONDING SUBSIDIES SHALL BE MADE BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD.

ART. 9. INFRINGEMENTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PROVISION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE LEGISLATION IN FORCE.

FINAL DISPOSITION

FIRST. THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IS EMPOWERED TO ISSUE, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS POWERS, DECISIONS AND TO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDER.

SECOND. THIS ORDER WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF YOUR POST IN THE .

MADRID, 30 NOVEMBER 1990.

ROMERO HERRERA

ILMO. MR. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.