European Communities (Registration of Pedigree Animals) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 150 of 1994).

These Regulations, provide for the approval and recognition of organisations which maintain registers for pure-bred animals (any animal covered by Annex II to the Treaty of Rome excluding sheep, goats, cattle, horses and pigs), set out the criteria to be used for entry into such registers and set out the certification which must accompany such animals, their semen, ova or embryos when marketed. They give legal effect to Community legislation in this field (Council Directive 91/174/EEC). The Minister shall for the purposes of these Regulations and the Directive grant an approval to a breeders' association or organisation, whose headquarters are located within Ireland, for the purposes of maintaining a register if the Minister is satisfied that the provisions of the Directive and any Decisions adopted under Article 6 of the Directive shall be complied with. A breeding animal which is entered in a register maintained by an approved breeders' association or organisation and the semen, ova and embryos of such animal shall, when marketed, be accompanied by a zootechnical certificate drawn up in accordance with Article 6 of the Directive.