Brussels, 11/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's agriculture committee gave its approval on Monday 11 January to the inter-institutional compromise on the animal breeding regulation.
Agreement on this text was reached on 16 December of last year. The animal breeding regulation will apply to the breeding, the trade in and the entry into the EU of purebred breeding cows, pigs, sheep, goats and horses, hybrid breeding pigs and their germinal products (see EUROPE 11457). It seeks to improve the functioning of the internal market and trade with third countries. It contains specific rules for promoting endangered breeds and provisions taking into account the specific nature of the horse breeding sector.
Once Parliament has formally adopted the regulation, and the Council has done likewise, the new legislation should come into force by mid-2016 and be applied 28 months after its entry into force. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)