These Regulations carry into effect in Ireland European legislation on: equine identification and passports for equine animals; movement, transport and trade of equines and/or their genetic material; approval of equine passport issuing bodies/studbooks; entry of equine animals into studbooks; equine competitions; equine semen collection centres; equine ova and embryo collection and production teams; equine semen, ova and embryos; and the prescription or administration of animal remedies to equines.