GCCF Registration Policy For Balinese Cats

Agreed / effective 21 June 2006

This registration policy applies to all colours of Balinese which are recognised by the GCCF. It shall also apply to any other colours of Balinese which may be produced by a combination of the colour genes already accepted in Balinese or Siamese.
A BALINESE may only be produced by the following matings:Balinese x Balinese, Balinese x Balinese Variant, Balinese Variant x Balinese Variant.
A BALINESE VARIANT may only be produced by the following matings: Balinese x Siamese, Balinese x Balinese Variant, Balinese Variant x Balinese Variant, Balinese Variant x Siamese (NB not all kittens from the last two matings will carry longhair)
FULL REGISTER
Balinese with full or provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Balinese and Siamese registered on the Full or Supplementary Registers and Balinese Variants shall be registered on the Full Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Balinese with full or provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Balinese, Balinese Variants and Siamese shall be registered on the Supplementary Register.
EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Balinese with Preliminary recognition which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Balinese, Balinese Variants and Siamese shall be registered on the Experimental Register.
REFERENCE REGISTER - I BALINESE VARIANTS
Shorthaired cats of Siamese appearance which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Balinese, Balinese Variants and Siamese shall be registered on the Reference Register as Balinese Variants.
REFERENCE REGISTER - II
All cats of Balinese appearance which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations any breeds other than Balinese, Balinese Variants or Siamese shall be registered on the Reference Register as "x-colour point of Balinese type" or as "Pointed Oriental Longhair" if they conform to the Oriental Longhair registration policy.
NOTE: All Red Point, Cream Point or Apricot Point Balinese or Balinese Variants with one or more Tabby Point parents must be registered as Red, Cream or Apricot Tabby Points until proved otherwise. In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF Register, no cat with a Tabby Point within five generations may be registered as a Red, Cream or Apricot Point unless either:
(a) the cat has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti, or
(b) there is a non-red, non-agouti cat breaking the line descending from the Tabby Point, or
(c) a Red, Cream or Apricot point in the line descended from the Tabby Point has been proved by
test matings to be non-agouti.
For further information please contact the Secretary of the Balinese Breed Advisory Committee

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