Letters and Posts
December 2007 Letter from MAPA
to Barbara Currie
The following letter was sent from the Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) in
Spain in response to the Foundation's request to handle the Spanish Stud
Book in the U.S.
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Date: December 17, 2007
Subject: Purebred Spanish Horse Stud Book in the United States
Addressee: Mrs. Barbara Currey, President of the Foundation for the Pure
Spanish Horse Association, 4001 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE, Suite G, Albuquerque, NM
87111, USA
In response to you letter dated the
third of December of 2007,
we report that in accordance with article 20 of Royal Decree 662/2007, dated
the twenty-fifth of May, about the selection and reproduction of pure equine
breeds, the celebration of agreements between the associations that handle
the stud books for pure equine breeds, and the organizations abroad that
cooperate with them, is a question that corresponds to the said
associations, notwithstanding the necessary issuing of a favorable report on
behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) General
Office for Animal Husbandry.
The said favorable report was issued for
the agreement that you and
ANCCE signed, signed on the second of July of 2007, thus, the said
agreement can only be cancelled in virtue of the causes specifically
foreseen in the agreement and the Ministry of Agriculture may not intervene
in the internal functions, nor in questions that affect private
organizations, whenever the management of the breed in carried out according
to the current legislation.
However, given the situation and the dispersion of PREs throughout the
world, it would be good to take into consideration the work already
undertaken by other associations and breeders to handle the breed in other
countries and that the necessary agreements are reached for the correct
regulation and dissemination of the breed.
In reference to your intention of requesting to handle the Purebred
Spanish Horse Stud Book, we would like to remind you that in accordance with
Royal Decree 662/2007, authorization may not be granted to those
organizations whose scope of actions is limited to one or several countries
abroad and not to Spain.
Moreover, you are informed that as of the eleventh of December of 2007, the
General Office for Animal Husbandry has officially recognized ANCCE to
handle the said stud book, in accordance with the aforementioned Royal
Decree, canceling, therefore, the administrative concession in virtue of
which (ANCCE) has been performing this task and doing so, hereinafter, as a
private organization, within the framework of private law, notwithstanding
the competencies recognized by the aforementioned Royal Decree for MAPA to
officially supervise the compliance with the requirements and rules for the
breed.
This Resolution falls within the current rules for the selection and
reproduction of pure equine breeds, for which it will make the procedure to
recognize these equine breeder associations comparable to all other
livestock species and breeds, within the general policy that promotes the
equine sector which the MAPA is developing. With this, the PRE is
incorporated into the system that is followed, in compliance with EC member
rules throughout all of the European Union for handling stud books, for
which a gradual transfer of information and data has been carried out, from
the Ministry of Defense Cria Caballar office to the breeder associations, by
means of the Ministry of Agriculture. This process is currently culminating,
overcoming some technical problems, so that the associations have all the
tools to ideally handle the breed.
Likewise, you are informed that MAPA will provide maximum collaboration and
will support all of the officially recognized associations for each breed
with the objective to guaranteeing the correct handling of the stud books
and the improvement programs, always with the technical backing of the
University genetics departments.
The Assistant Undersecretary for Animal Resources
Isabel Garcia Sanz
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