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== 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.
||<tablewidth="854px" tableheight="1390px" tablestyle="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt;text-align:left;         " tableclass="MsoNormalTable"rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"width="488px" height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:bottom">'''Country''' ||<width="488px" height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:bottom">'''National Reference Centre''' ||<width="488px" height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:bottom">'''Website''' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:1"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Austria ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">!ZuchtData EDV ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[https://www.sruc.ac.uk/|www.zar.at]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:2"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Belgium ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Gembloux   Agricultural University, Animal Breeding and Genetics group ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">https://www.gembloux.uliege.be/   <<BR>> <<BR>> [[http://www.fsagx.ac.be%20|www.fsagx.ac.be]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:3"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Croatia ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Croatian Agricultural Agency ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.hpa.hr/ ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:4"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Czech Republic ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Czech   Moravian Breeders' Company Inc ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.cmsch.cz%20|www.cmsch.cz]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:5"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Denmark (and Finland and Sweden) ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Nordic   Cattle Genetic Evaluation ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.nordicebv.info%20|www.nordicebv.info]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:6"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Estonia ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Estonian   Animal Recording Centre ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.jkkeskus.ee/english/%20|www.jkkeskus.ee/english/]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:7"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">France ||<width="488px" height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">GENEVAL ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top"> ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:8"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Germany ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung w.V. ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.vit.de%20|www.vit.de]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:9"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Germany ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.lfl.bayern.de%20|www.lfl.bayern.de]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:10"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Hungary ||<width="488px" height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Directorate of Animal Breeding, National Food Chain Safety Office (Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal, NÉBIH, Hungary) ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.nebih.gov.hu ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:12"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Ireland ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Irish   Cattle Breeding Federation ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.icbf.com%20|www.icbf.com]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:13"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Italy ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Frisona Italiana ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.anafi.it%20|www.anafi.it]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:14"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Italy ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Razza Bruna ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.anarb.it ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:15"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Italy ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Pezzata Rossa Italiana ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.anapri.it%20|www.anapri.it]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:15"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Latvia ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">State Agency Agricultural Data Centre ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.ldc.gov.lv/index.php%20|www.ldc.gov.lv/index.php]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:17"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Lithuania ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.zum.lt/ ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:21"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Poland ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">National Research Institute of Animal Production ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.izoo.krakow.pl/en/ ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:22"height="6.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Portugal ||<height="6.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Universidade do Porto ||<height="6.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://cibio.up.pt/ ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:23"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Slovak Republic ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">The Breeding services of the Slovak Republic ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.pssr.sk%20|www.pssr.sk]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:24"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Slovenia ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">University of Ljubljana – Zootechnical Department ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.bf.uni-lj.si/zootehnika ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:26"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Spain ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Confederation of Spanish Holstein Associations ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.conafe.com/english/home.htm ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:26"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Sweden (and Denmark and Finland) ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">[[http://www.nordicebv.info%20|www.nordicebv.info]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:30"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">The Netherlands ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Animal Evaluation Unit, CRV u.a. ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">http://www.crv4all.nl​ ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:31"height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">United Kingdom ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">Edinburgh Genetic Evaluation Services (SRUC) ||<height="1.0pt" style="padding:.75pt .75pt 0pt .75pt;vertical-align:top">https://www.sruc.ac.uk/ ||