REAL DECREE 420/1987 OF 20 FEBRUARY ( OF 30 MARCH) ON THE SELECTION AND REPRODUCTION OF CATTLE OF PURE BREEDS WAS DICTATED TO BRING THE SPANISH LEGISLATION INTO LINE WITH THE LEGISLATION COMMUNITY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE DIRECTIVE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 77/504 OF 25 JULY, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAIN LEGAL BASIS, TOGETHER WITH THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION, 84/247 AND 84/419.

THE AIM OF THE COMMUNITY RULES TO BE APPLIED THROUGH THE ALREADY STATED ROYAL DECREE 420/1987 OF 20 FEBRUARY HAS MEANT A PROFOUND CHANGE IN THE SELECTION AND REPRODUCTION OF BOVINE ANIMALS OF PURE BREEDS IN RESPECT OF WHICH PREVIOUSLY IT WAS REGULATED BY DECREE 733/1973 OF 29 MARCH, IN PARTICULAR AS REGARDS THE KEEPING OF THE GENEALOGICAL BOOKS, OPENING IN THAT SENSE THE FAN TOWARDS ANY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION.

TO THIS END AND IN ORDER TO GIVE THE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT TO ROYAL DECREE 420/1987, OF 20 MARCH, THE PRESENT ORDER IS DICTATED WHERE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET BY THE ORGANIZATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF RANCHERS THAT CARRY GENEALOGICAL BOOKS TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED, THE FIGURE OF THE INSPECTOR OF RACE IS ESTABLISHED FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ACCESS THE AIDS AND GRANTS RECOGNIZED IN ROYAL DECREE 733/1973, OF MARCH 29, AS WELL AS THE ORGANISM IS DETERMINED RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENERAL REGISTRATION OF SUCH ASSOCIATIONS.

CONSEQUENTLY, THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD GOOD TO HAVE:

FIRST. FARMERS ' ORGANIZATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS WHICH CARRY OR CREATE HERD-BOOKS OF BOVINE ANIMALS OF PURE BREEDS, WHICH WISH TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED, SHALL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD. (DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION) OR, IN ITS CASE, TO THE CORRESPONDING AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY, OWING:

1. PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT LEGAL PERSONALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING LEGISLATION.

2. TO PROVIDE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE ABSENCE OF DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN ITS COMPONENTS AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY LIVESTOCK FARMER TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION AND TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN IN THOSE REGULATIONS.

3. SUBSCRIBE TO THE COMMITMENT TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE RELEVANT OFFICIAL SERVICES OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORKING OF THE HERD BOOK, BY PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

A) MOVEMENT OF UPS AND DOWNS IN THE VARIOUS RECORDS OF THE GENEALOGICAL BOOK.

B) INCIDENTS OF INTEREST OCCURRING, AND ANY OTHER DATA OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HERD BOOK COLLECTED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

C) LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE BREED IMPROVEMENT OR CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

4. ACCREDIT YOUR CAPACITY TO EXERCISE THE NECESSARY CONTROLS TO EFFECTIVELY CARRY THE GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, BY THE AVAILABILITY OF:

A) SUFFICIENT AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO ATTEND TO THE GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY BOOK.

B) EQUIPMENT AND MECHANICAL OR MECHANICAL MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR THE FUNCTIONS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE BEST DATA PROCESSING.

C) STANDARD PRINTED MODELS FOR REPORTING AND MOVEMENT OF DATA WITHIN THE VARIOUS REGISTERS.

D) OWN OR CONTRACTED MEANS TO PERFORM PARENTAGE ANALYTICAL CONTROLS.

5. PROVIDE THE FORECAST OF INCOME TO JUSTIFY THE FINANCING OF THE FAMILY BOOK.

6. AT THE TIME OF THE REQUEST, OR FORMALLY COMMIT TO REACH THEM, BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1992, WITH ANNUAL INCREASES, AT LEAST, OF THE FOLLOWING LIVE BREEDERS REGISTERED IN THE HERD-BOOKS:

A) OF MILK FITNESS: 6 PER 100 OF THE BREEDING COMPANIES REGISTERED IN SPAIN FOR EACH BREED. IN THE FRISONY BREED THE MINIMUM IS SET AT 50,000 COWS.

B) OF CARNAL FITNESS: 5 PER 100 OF THE BREEDING PRODUCERS IN SPAIN FOR EACH BREED AND AT LEAST 3,000 REGISTERED BREEDERS.

7. PROVIDE DULY DEVELOPED THEIR PROGRAMME OF IMPROVEMENT OR CONSERVATION OF THE BREED WITH DEFINED BREEDING OBJECTIVES.

8. PROPOSE FOR APPROVAL, THE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS ON:

A) RACIAL PROTOTYPE.

B) IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANIMALS.

C) GENEALOGICAL REQUIREMENTS.

D) STANDARD FOR THE USE OF GENEALOGICAL DATA FOR SELECTIVE PURPOSES.

9. FOR BREEDS WHOSE BREEDING CENSUS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES, SPECIFIC CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES MAY BE APPLIED, WHICH SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD OR, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BY THE CORRESPONDING AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY.

SECOND. FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 1 (8), THE APPLICABLE AND OFFICIALLY APPROVED REGULATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING BREEDS ARE RECOGNISED:

MORUCHA RACE: RESOLUTION OF 31 JULY 1974 ( OF 9 SEPTEMBER).

GALICIAN BLONDE RACE: RESOLUTION OF 18 NOVEMBER 1976 ( OF 3 DECEMBER).

CHAROLESE RACE: RESOLUTION OF 28 FEBRUARY 1977 ( OF 22 MARCH).

RETINTA RACE: RESOLUTION OF 28 FEBRUARY 1977 ( OF APRIL 5).

RAZA PARDA: RESOLUTION OF 3 JANUARY 1978 ( OF 27 AUGUST).

IBERIAN AVILENA-BLACK RACE: RESOLUTION OF JULY 29, 1980 ( OF 27 AUGUST).

SPANISH FRISONA RACE: RESOLUTION OF JANUARY 31, 1981 ( OF 19 FEBRUARY).

TUDANCA RACE: ORDER OF APRIL 25, 1985 ( OF 6 JULY).

ASTURIAN RACE OF THE VALLEYS: ORDER OF 25 APRIL 1985 ( OF 6 JULY).

ASTURIAN RACE OF THE MOUNTAIN: ORDER OF 14 NOVEMBER 1985 ( OF 22).

LIMO RACE: ORDER OF 19 DECEMBER 1986 ( OF 13 JANUARY 1987).

THIRD. THE GENERAL REGISTER OF ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF BREEDERS OF PURE-BRED BOVINE ANIMALS WHO BELIEVE OR CARRY A HERD-BOOK PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 7. FROM ROYAL DECREE 420/1987, IT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. EACH YEAR IT SHALL COMMUNICATE TO THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES AND TO THE ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS CONCERNED, THE RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AS AT 31 DECEMBER.

FOURTH. THE ORGANISATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF BREEDING ANIMALS OF PURE-BRED BOVINE ANIMALS, WHICH HAVE OBTAINED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AND ARE REGISTERED IN THE GENERAL REGISTER OF BOVINE BREEDERS ' ORGANIZATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS, MAY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUBSIDIES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 12 OF DECREE 733/1973 OF 20 MARCH, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE EXCLUSIVELY DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF THE SELECTION OF THE BREED.

FOR THE TECHNICAL CONTROL OF THE GENEALOGICAL BOOK AND THE SUPERVISION OF THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF THE GRANTS, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD SHALL APPOINT AN INSPECTOR OF RACE FOR EACH ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AS HAVING ACCESS TO THESE AIDS, WHERE THEIR SCOPE, EITHER BY RACE OR BY ASSOCIATION, IS INTER-COMMUNITY AND BY EACH AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY, IN THE EVENT THAT IT CORRESPONDS TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE ASSOCIATION OR ORGANISATION.

REPEAL PROVISION

ALL PROVISIONS OF THE SAME OR LOWER RANK ARE HEREBY REPEALED, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PROVISION.

FINAL DISPOSITION

THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IS EMPOWERED TO ESTABLISH THE NECESSARY MECHANISMS AND TO LAY DOWN THE PRECISE PROVISIONS FOR THE BEST DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ORDER, WHICH SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS ENTRY INTO FORCE. PUBLICATION IN THE .

WHAT I COMMUNICATE TO V. I. FOR ITS KNOWLEDGE AND EFFECTS.

MADRID, 15 SEPTEMBER 1987.

ROMERO HERRERA

ILMO. MR. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.