Voting Results
of the FIFe General Assembly 2007
Albufeira, Portugal, 24th – 25th May, 2007
21e. Proposals regarding the Breeding & Registration Rules
ratification of Board decision
With the agreement of the LO Commission and based on various questions and complaints of several National Members, the Board has decided not to implement, the decision accepted last year at the GA in Rome, in which the CRX, DRX and GRX were also affected.
There was a special voting to ratify the decision of the Board.
The decision was ratified with 30 yes to 0 no votes and 2 abstention.
(P.S.: Consequently, the proposal regarding 4.4.7.3 carried at the GA 2006 regarding the various Rex breeds, and which is not yet implemented in the Breeding and registration rules, is to be deleted.)
from the LO Commission
Proposal 1 – Change of the name of the Commission
The name of the LO Commission should be changed to the Breeding and Registration Commission (B & R Commission).
The name should be changed in the rules and statues in all places where it occurs.
Motivation:
The LO commission is responsible for all matters regarding the Breeding and registration rules. The name of the Commission should reflect its field of responsibility.
The proposal was accepted with 30 yes to 1 no votes and 1 abstention.
Proposal 2 – Addition to the Breeding & Registration Rules, article 4.4.7.3.
For the hairless breeds SPH, DSP, PEB (Sphynx, Don Sphynx, and Peterbald), the EMS codes s and y shall not be used regardless of the genotype.”
The Board has decided not to implement the decision taken last year at the GA in Rome.
There was a special voting to ratify the decision of the Board.
The decision was ratified with 30 yes to 0 no votes and 2 abstention.
(P.s.: Consequently, the proposal regarding 4.4.7.3 carried at the GA 2006 regarding the various Rex breeds, and which is not yet implemented in the Breeding and registration rules, is to be deleted.)
Motivation:
That colour of a cat is determined primarily by the colour and/or pattern of its coat. In hairless cats the only indication of its colour and/or pattern will be made on the expression of its skin, nose leather and paw pads. This will normally not be sufficient.
In the various Rex breeds, however, a coat is developed. Even though it can be hard to distinguish for instance smoke from a coat that it not solid to the roots, the Commission is of the opinion that there should be a difference between the Rex cats and cats which should be hairless according to the standard.
The proposal was accepted with 26 yes to 5 no votes and 1 abstention.
Proposal 5 – Addition to Breeding & Registration Rules, art. 4.6.3
4.6.3 Recognition of a new breed
To insert, after the text: “To recognize a new breed….” up to and including “the cats can achieve no certificates higher than CACIB/CAPIB.” The following addition:
Titles obtained in the preliminary phase will be marked with P for Preliminary titles (PCh, PPr, PIC, PIP), and will only be fully valid as FIFe titles if full recognision is obtained.
After having reached the title PIC/PIP, these cats may only be shown “Out of Competition” and never in class 5 or 6.
Cats belonging to a preliminary recognised breed may not be nominated for Best-in-Show nor may they become Best in Show.
Cats belonging to a preliminary recognised breed cannot qualify and participate in the World Show.
To obtain full recognition, a proposal for full recognition, must be presented to the FIFe General Assembly, enclosed documents proving that at least a total of 50 cats are entered in the LO or RIEX registries of at least 3 FIFe Members.
Motivation:
When the two step recognition was decided it was not clear which status the preliminary recognized breeds should have.
In the meantime many high quality cats of the present preliminary recognized breeds have been shown, among which there have been several cats who could qualify for the World Show.
The FIFe board clarified the status of the preliminary recognized breeds, clearly stating they cannot be nominated for Best-in-Show nor can they become Best-in-Show.
Preliminary breeds should also not be able to participate in the World Show.
The main reason for this is that in case a preliminary recognized breed is never fully recognized FIFe cannot have a cat from not recognized breed as a
World Winner.
However, the Commission finds it important that cats from preliminary recognized breed can be shown and obtain the title IC/IP to give the breeders the possibility to have the quality of the cat judged by an international FIFe judge in order to ensure a high standard of the cats in the preliminary phase.
The proposal was accepted with 28 yes to 4 no votes and 0 abstentions.
from 1.DEKZV eV.
Proposal 1– Change of Breeding & Registration Rules, article 2.6.3
2.6.3 KOR (Korat)
Only Korat cats imported form Thailand may be entered in the novice class for recognition.
Their origin must be officially proven by documentation.
Motivation:
Korat is and always has been a blue cat only. In its country of origin, Thailand Korat is called Si-Sawat which is a colour, namely silver blue.
The proposal was accepted with 31 yes to 0 no votes and 1 abstention.
from SRK
Proposal 3 – Addition to Breeding & Registration Rules, new article 2.6.12
2.6.12 – European (EUR)
FIFe shall not recognize the EUR with any other coat length than shorthair. The longhair offspring’s will be registered as XLH.
Motivation:
The European is a shorthaired cat according to the standard. Longhaired offspring, which sometimes are born due to the existence of the gene for longhair in the population, can not be registered as European (EUR).
The proposal was accepted with 32 yes to 0 no votes and 0 abstentions.
from FB
Proposal 2
For colours or patterns that are specifically excluded in the NFO breed standard, any cats of the excluded colour or pattern should be registered as XLH and not as an unrecognised variety NFO.
Motivation:
In the NFO, the breeders have decided when creating the standard, that they do not want specific colours or patterns to be part of that breed so therefore they are specifically excluded in the breed standard. It is therefore wrong that an individual can decide to breed cats of that colour/pattern and still call it part of the breed. An example is the Norwegian Forest Cat where the standard specifically excludes pointed cats so if one were to be bred it should be called XLH*33 and not NFOx*33. The current FIFe registration rules are not clear on this and so it appears to be being interpreted differently by different members – this would ensure consistency across all FIFe pedigrees
The proposal was accepted with 22 yes to 8 no votes and 2 abstention.
