Competent Authorities
Information from EU Member States on the Competent Authorities performing official controls, recognised breed societies and breeding operations, and approved breeding programmes in EU member states is provided through the EU portal: https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/zootechnics/member_states_en
National Reference Centres
These are National Reference Centres for Bovine genetic and genomic evaluations in the European Union. These centres provide national genetic and genomic evaluations for dairy and/or beef cattle.
Country |
National Reference Centre |
Website |
Austria |
ZuchtData EDV |
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Belgium |
Gembloux Agricultural University, Animal Breeding and Genetics group |
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Croatia |
Croatian Agricultural Agency |
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Czechia |
Czech Moravian Breeders' Company Inc |
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Denmark (and Finland and Sweden) |
Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation |
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Estonia |
Estonian Animal Recording Centre |
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Finland (and Denmark and Sweden) |
Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation |
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France |
GENEVAL |
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Germany |
Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung w.V. |
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Germany |
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture |
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Hungary |
Directorate of Animal Breeding, National Food Chain Safety Office (Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal, NÉBIH, Hungary) |
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Ireland |
Irish Cattle Breeding Federation |
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Italy |
Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Frisona Italiana |
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Italy |
Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Razza Bruna |
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Italy |
Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Pezzata Rossa Italiana |
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Latvia |
State Agency Agricultural Data Centre |
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Lithuania |
Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania |
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Poland |
National Research Institute of Animal Production |
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Portugal |
Universidade do Porto |
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Slovakia |
The Breeding services of the Slovak Republic |
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Slovenia |
University of Ljubljana – Zootechnical Department |
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Spain |
Confederation of Spanish Holstein Associations |
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Sweden (and Denmark and Finland) |
Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation |
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Netherlands |
Animal Evaluation Unit, CRV u.a. |