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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
European Communities (Pure-bred sheep and goat flock-book) Regulations 1994
(S.I. 16 of 1994)
Application Form for approval to maintain a flock-book
Name of applicant body:
Address:
Tel. No:
Mobile No:
Fax No:
e-mail address:
Fax No:
e-mail address:
Name of contact person:
Address:
Tel. No:
Mobile No:
Details of Applicant Body
Form of Legal personality:
If a company specify company type:
Company Office Registration Number:
VAT No:
Office facilities
Office location:
Office Hours of business:
Staff resources:
List office equipment
Other Details
Specify species by ticking box
Flock-book name
Number of members in
organisation
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Dates on which the meetings
of the organisation will be held
Number of animals currently
registered
Do you have a breed
improvement/preservation
programme
Is the main section of the
flock- book divided - If yes
give details
State the jurisdiction/s in
which your organisation
proposes to operate
Outline how you propose to
provide such a service?
Supply details of your
proposed pedigree certificate
issuing system
Please supply sufficient information in your application to satisfy the Minister for Agriculture, Food
and the Marine that your organisation
1. (a) has the potential to operate efficiently;
(b) can carry out the checks necessary for recording pedigrees;
(c) has a sufficiently large flock to carry out a breed improvement programme or that it has a
sufficiently large flock to preserve the breed where this is considered necessary;
(d) can make use of the livestock performance data necessary for carrying out its breed improvement
or preservation programme.
2. (a) Has a set of rules covering:
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the definition of the breed’s characteristics;
the system for identifying animals;
the system for recording pedigrees;
the definition of its breeding objectives;
the system for making use of livestock performance data enabling the genetic value of the
animals to be assessed;
the division of the flock-book, if there are different conditions for entering animals, or if there
are different procedures for classifying animals entered in the book.
3. Have rules of procedure adopted in accordance with its articles of association laying down, in particular,
the principle of non-discrimination between members.
4. Has a documented dispute resolution procedure.
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Supporting documentation which must accompany your application
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Proof of legal personality
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Copy of previous three years audited accounts where available
Details of Company Directors if any
Details of Shareholding if any
Rules of company/organisation
Flock-Book Rules
Details of breed improvement/preservation programme
Sample copy of pedigree certificate issued to pedigree breeding ovines/caprines, their semen, ova
and embryos.
A Statement from Register of Friendly Societies or the Companies Registration Office as to the
current status of the society in relation to the annual/triennial returns required by the Register/CRO
PLEASE NOTE
1. A person who when making an application for approval wilfully makes a false or misleading
statement shall be guilty of an offence.
2. The Minister may upon receipt of an application for approval, require such information from the
applicant as is considered necessary to ensure that the provisions of Directive 89/361/EEC and
Decision 90/254/EEC will be complied with and to decide whether or not to grant the approval.
3. The details of applications and approvals etc. are stored by computer programme for the purpose
of administering the Flock-Book approval system. Under the Data Protection Act 1988, you are
entitled to a copy of any information about you kept on computer and you have the right to have
any errors rectified. Listings giving names and addresses of approved bodies are published on the
EU Commission website.
4. It should be noted that information provided by you may be subject to disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Acts (FOI) 1997 and 2003. If you wish to have any of the records
concerned protected under the Confidentiality, Commercially Sensitive, Personal Information or
other exemption provisions of that legislation you should mark those records accordingly and state
your reasons. The relevant exemptions will then be considered in the event of an FOI request
relating to those records.
I hereby declare:
(a) that I have read and undertake to comply with the Terms and Conditions.
(b) that the particulars given in this application are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature: ________________________________________
Date: _________________
Completed applications should be returned to:
Livestock Breeding Section, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Government Buildings, Farnham St. Cavan. Tel. No:
(049) 4368293
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