GCCF Registration Policy For Birman Cats

BIRMAN BREED ADVISORY COMMITTEE
A Registration Policy for Birman Cats – Breed Number 13c
1. FULL REGISTER
Birmans with Championship status and Birmans with Provisional status which have only Birmans (13c1 to 13c20) in their pedigrees, within three generations shall be placed on the Full Register with the exception of those cats whose pedigrees include, within three generations, a Birman with a Preliminary status or a Birman Variant.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Birmans with Championship status and Birmans with Provisional status which only have Birmans (13c1 to 13c20) or Birman Variants in their pedigrees, within three generations, shall be placed on the Supplementary Register.
3. EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Birmans with Preliminary status which have only Birmans (13c1 to 13c20) or Birman Variants within three generations shall be placed on the Experimental Register.
4. REFERENCE REGISTER
Birman Variants of Birman type and/or pattern produced by mating Birmans to the breeds that are acceptable within the Birman Breeding Policy shall be placed on the Reference Register. The acceptable breed numbers are 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 13b3, 13b4, 13b5, 13b6, 13b7, 13b8, 13b11, 13b12, 50b and 50c. The progeny of cats mated to other breeds shall not be registered as Birman Variants.
All cats of Birman type and/or pattern which have in their pedigrees, within three generations, any breeds other than Birmans (13c1 to 13c20) or Birman Variants shall be placed on the Reference Register.
NOTE : RED SERIES
All Red and Cream point Birmans with one or more Tabby parent(s) must be registered as Red or Cream Tabby Point until proven otherwise. Cats may not be registered as Red or Cream Point until test matings have proved them to be free of the agouti gene or they have been DNA tested and proven to be non-agouti (proof to be supplied with the registration document). Any cat DNA tested must be micro-chipped.
Note : In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF register, no cat with a Tabby Point or Tortie Tabby Point within three generations may be registered as a Red or Cream 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/Tortie Tabby Point, or
c) A Red or Cream Point cat in the line descended from the Tabby Point/Tortie tabby Point has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti. No cat may be registered as a Red or Cream Tabby Point unless it has an agouti parent.

Revised October 2008