Breeding and Registration Rules

date of issue: 01.01.2008

4 Registration (continued)

4.3 Transfer and Import

4.3.1 Import from another FIFe Member

The original pedigree of an imported cat must be respected. However, the importing FIFe member may decide to upgrade the cat to the LO register or downgrade the cat to the RIEX register according to their own regulations, see article “National registration”.

A confirmed transfer declaration must be issued by the exporting member.

4.3.2 Transfer of pedigrees from organisations clubs not members of the FIFe

Concerning the registering of cats imported from outside the FIFe, the importing FIFe member decides upon the reliability of the independent organisation and how to register the cat.

Official pedigrees from independent organisations may be accepted in the LO or RIEX registers, providing they conform with the previous requirements, and after having been controlled with regard to genetic principles.

If the exporting organisation uses transfer declarations, such a declaration must be provided then the imported cat is to be registered in the LO or RIEX registers.

Imported cats will not retain their titles. Titles of forbears may be retained on the pedigree.

4.3.3 Original name of an imported cat to be retained

It is forbidden for any FIFe member to deliberately register a cat, which is imported either from a FIFe member or from another organisation, with anything other than its original name.

The original issued official pedigree of a cat may never be destroyed when the cat is imported into a FIFe club.

4.4 Registration

4.4.1 General principles

All kittens bred by a FIFe member’s member must be registered first in FIFe.

Registration of a cat in the LO or RIEX register must be done according to the EMS system and genetic principles.

A cat whose phenotype differs from its genotype must be transferred according to genotype after this has been proven by

• the genetics of the parents
• its progeny.

A cat may compete at shows according to phenotype if this differs from its known genotype. In these cases not only the known genotype, but even the cat’s phenotype must be noted in the pedigree. The phenotype must be in accordance with the description in the EMS and must be written in brackets.

If a cat obtains a title (CH, PR, IC, IP, GIC, GIP, EC, EP) under a mistaken identity, it will loose this title on transfer to its true identity.

4.4.2 Special codes for registration

4.4.2.1 Var(iant)

The term VAR may be added to the EMS code to indicate that a shorthair cat carries or may carry the gene for longhair.

4.4.2.2 Dilute Modifier ‘m’

Remarks:

This effect of the Dilute Modifiers is, according to the theory, the result of a dilution of diluted colours in combination with a gene described as dilute modifier.

In FIFe Siamese e.g. can be registered as:

4.4.3 Registration numbers

From 01.01.97 all new entries in the LO or RIEX registers must be done according to the following principle:

(Country Code) + (Abbreviation of FIFe Member) + (LO or RX) + (no.)

For example a cat registered in the LO in Sweden will be registered as (SE) SVERAK LO nnnn,

and a cat entered in the RIEX in France will be registered as (FR) FFF RX nnnn.

If a pedigree is established (LO or RIEX), all and only the original registration numbers from the ancestors must be maintained absolutely.

It is not allowed to give cats other than those imported, a new FIFe-number.

The first and original registration number of each cat must be visibly kept on its pedigree whenever imported cats are concerned.

4.4.4 National registration

Each FIFe Member is free to impose further restrictions to the articles 2.5, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.4.5.1, 4.4.5.2.1, 4.4.5.3, 4.4.5.4, according to national circumstances.

4.4.5 Registration in the RIEX

4.4.5.1 Cats resulting from cross breeding

Cats resulting from the crossing of two breeds with reference to article “Description of the experimental pedigree book «RIEX»”, will be registered in the RIEX register providing the FIFe member has granted permission to the cross breeding. The target breed shall be indicated. These cats are registered as:

• XLH * (name of target breed) Longhair progeny
• XSH *(name of target breed) Shorthair progeny

(* means additional information following the EMS-system; i.e. lower case basic colour letter etc.)

Subsequently these cats may be re-registered in their corresponding recognized breed by meeting one of the following requirements:

• being exhibited at the minimum age of 10 months during an international cat show in the «Novice Class» by obtaining the qualification “Excellent” from both the judges
• or
• being evaluated by at least two international FIFe judges, who are aware of the circumstances and under control of the FIFe Member, by obtaining the qualification “Excellent” from both the judges.

The rules mentioned in this article do not apply to matings within sister breeds, which offspring will be entered directly in the LO or RIEX in accordance with article 4.2.

4.4.5.2 Novices

Novices are cats where the parents are unknown or cats without pedigree.

4.4.5.2.1 Cats with unknown background

Cats with unknown background may be registered in the RIEX register providing the FIFe member has granted permission to the registration.

These cats are registered as:

• XLH * Longhair progeny
• XSH * Shorthair progeny

(* means additional information following the EMS-system; i.e. lower case basic colour letter etc.)

Subsequently these cats may be re-registered in their corresponding recognized breed by meeting the following requirements:

• being exhibited at the minimum age of 10 months during an international cat show in the «Novice Class»
• being judged by at least two international judges, who are aware of the circumstances and under control of the FIFe Member
• by obtaining the qualification «Excellent» from both the judges.

4.4.5.3 Novice class

A cat may only be entered once in the novice class.

4.4.5.4 Progeny of cats entered in the RIEX register as XSH * or XLH *

The progeny of such a mating may be registered in the RIEX register by fulfilling the following requirements:

• being exhibited at an international show at a minimum age of 10 months
• being judged by at least two international judges who are aware of the circumstances and under control of the FIFe Member
• by obtaining the qualification «Excellent» from both judges.

4.4.6 Registration of non-recognized breeds with preliminary abbreviations

For registering purpose use the following list of abbreviations:

ABL non * American Bobtail Longhair
ABS non * American Bobtail Shorthair
AMS non * American Shorthair
AMW non * American Wirehair
AUM non * Australian Mist
BOL non Bombay Longhair
BOS non Bombay Shorthair
BRX non * Bohemian Rex
CEY non * Ceylon
CLS non * California Spangled
DSP non * Don Sphynx
LPL non * La Perm Longhair
LPS non * La Perm Shorthair
NEB non Nebelung
PBL non Pixie-Bob Longhair
PBS non Pixie-Bob Shorthair
SFL non * Scottish Fold Longhair
SFS non * Scottish Fold Shorthair
SIN non * Singapura
SRL non * Selkirk Rex Longhair
SRS non * Selkirk Rex Shorthair
STE non * Sterling
THA non * Thai
TIF non * Tiffany
TOL non * Tonkanese Longhair
TOS non * Tonkanese Shorthair

The following is a group of cats incorporating e.g. Burmilla, & Bombay recognised in GCCF only

ASL non * Asian Longhair
ASS non * Asian Shorthair

* means additional information following the EMS-system; i.e. lower case basic colour letter etc.

4.4.6.1

FIFe does not recognise nor create an EMS code for the Munchkin. FIFe does not create EMS codes for any type of “wild” cat.

4.4.7 Special registration rules for certain breeds

4.4.7.1 MAN (Manx

A Manx having at least three generations of MAN (MAN 51, 52, 53 and 54) prior to himself, will be registered in the pedigree book of LO.¹)

4.4.7.2 ACL/ACS (American Curl Longhair and Shorthair)

a) ACL/ACS with straight ears will be registered as ACS/ACL x 71, which means as an unrecognized variety.

b) ACL/ACS x 71 can only be registered in the RIEX pedigree book.

c) ACL/ACS with straight ears can be used in the breeding programme for ACS/ACL.

4.4.7.3SPH/DSP/PEB (Sphynx, Don Sphynx and Peterbald)

For all hairless breeds i.e. SPH, DSP, PEB, the EMS codes s and y shall not be used regardless of the genotype.

¹ Remarks: Manx, having MAN 54 in its pedigree in one or more of the three generations prior to the cat in question, will be registered in the pedigree book of LO.

4.5 Colour variety

A colour is a group of colours which are related to each other through a certain common characteristic, which can be either a common genetic characteristic or a common pattern.

For instance piebald spotting (a common genetic characteristic and pattern, which includes Van, harlequin, Bicolour), or tabby pattern (a common pattern and genetic characteristic which includes blotched, mackerel, spotted, ticked), or black colour (a common genetic characteristic which includes also the alleles chocolate and cinnamon).

Colour variety is used as a conception covering the different possibilities for expression of colour and pattern of the coat. That means a colour, pointed pattern, tabby pattern or distribution of white.

4.6 Recognition of new breeds and new varieties

4.6.1 Recognition of a new colour variety or a new breed

To recognize a new colour variety to a breed listed by the FIFe, or a new breed not listed by the FIFe, the following conditions must be met:

• Recognition show(s) must take place before 1st of February of the same year the application for recognition has been forwarded to the FIFe General Assembly.
• No later than 1st of March, the Breed Council of the breed concerned must receive all relevant documents in order to give its opinion on the subject of recognition.
• No later than 60 days prior to the FIFe General Assembly, the FIFe Board and the Commissions must receive the final application for recognition, including the opinion of the Breed Council concerned (if any).

4.6.2 Recognition of a new colour variety

By new colour variety is meant a colour, which

• has not been recognised before, or which
• has not been recognised for the actual breed mentioned in the proposal

To recognize a new variety to a breed listed by the FIFe, the following conditions must be met:

• exhibition of 10 different cats at a minimum age of 6 months
• Two-thirds of the exhibited cats must be registered in a FIFe organisation and owned by a FIFe Member’s individual member

TThis presentation must take place during one or two international shows, in the presence of at least 5 members of the Judges & Standards and Breeding & Registration Commission, with at least one representative from the Breeding & Registration Commission.

If the presentation is to be held at two different shows, this must be effected within 6 months.

4.6.3 Recognition of a new breed

To recognize a new breed, i.e. a breed not listed by the FIFe as a recognized breed, the following conditions must be met:

• Exhibition of 3 different cats with 5 consecutive generations of the breed for recognition,
• In addition, exhibition of 15 different cats showing 3 different generations of the same breed for recognition.
• All exhibited cats must be at least 6 months old, be registered in a FIFe organisation and owned by a FIFe Member’s individual member.

This presentation must take place during one or two international shows in the presence of at least 5 members of the Judges & Standards and Breeding & Registration Commission, with at least one representative from the Breeding & Registration Commission.

If the presentation is to be held at two different shows, this must be effected within 6 months.

Recognition of a new breed will follow two steps. When recognised by the FIFe, the new breed will receive a preliminary recognition. At this level the cats can achieve no certificates higher than CACIB/CAPIB.

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 recognition 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, which encloses documents proving that at least a total of 50 cats are entered in the LO or RIEX registries of at least 3 FIFe Members.

Full recognition can take place no earlier than one year and no later than 5 years after the breed received preliminary recognition

4.6.4 Application for recognition

When an application for recognition

• of new colour varieties within an established breed, or
• of colour varieties within a new breed to be recognised by the FIFe

has been forwarded to the FIFe as a proposal, the General Assembly is only allowed to make a decision on the actual colour varieties mentioned in the proposal. Other varieties than the ones applied for can only be dealt with and recognised if the Judges & Standards and the Breeding & Registration Commission have recommended to do so.

The application for recognition must at least contain:

• exact indication of which colour should be recognised (use special form)
• future standard and scale of points for the colour/breed
• indications of which problems regarding these colour varieties could occur and which actions should be taken
• which restrictions there should be in the Breeding and Registration Rules (if any)
• how possible outcomes, which are not yet recognised should be recognised
• the opinion of the Breed Council for the breed (if any)

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