S.L. 437.35 ст. 4Withdrawal of official approval. or association establishes force in the with paragraph maintains organisation or origin of the or is considered to carry whereby selection and a stud- breeds) or the conditions for for where territory of the between them or to qualify for to entry for

The authorities in question shall withdraw official approval or recognition from any organisation or association which maintains a stud-book if it no longer consistently meets the conditions laid down in the Schedule. OR ESTABLISH STUD-BOOKS FOR REGISTERED EQUIDAE

SCHEDULE In order to be officially approved or recognised, an organisation which maintains stud-books, establishes sections of stud-books, and stud-books for registered equidae must: 1. have legal personality in accordance with the legislation in territory of Malta or in the Member State where the application is made; 2. satisfy the competent authorities that it:

(a) operates efficiently;

(b) complies with the principles laid down in accordance 3(b) of this Schedule by the organisation or association which the stud-book of the origin of the breed, if it is not an association which itself maintains that stud-book of the breed;

(c) can carry out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees;

(d) has a sufficient number of equidae to carry out an improvement selection programme or to preserve the breed where this necessary;

(e) can provide the data (on performance for instance) necessary out an improvement, selection or preservation programme;

3. have established principles on:

(a) the system for providing data (on performance for instance) equidae can be evaluated for the purpose of improvement, breed preservation;

(b) in the case of an organisation or association which maintains book of the origin of the breed: - the system for recording pedigrees, - the definition of the characteristics of the breed (or population covered by the stud-book, - the principles of the system for identifying equidae, - the definition of its basic objectives of selection, - the division of the stud-book, if there are different entering equidae, or if there are different procedures classifying equidae entered in the book, - lineages entered in one or more other stud-books, necessary; 4. have rules of procedure which provide, in particular, for non-discriminatory treatment of breeders. However, in the event that for one breed in the Member States there are several organisations or associations which cover the whole of that territory, the rules of procedure of an organisation association may provide that equidae must be born in a given territory entry for birth declaration purposes. This restriction does not apply reproduction purposes.