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The system for the identification and registration of bovine animals shall comprise the following elements:
[F1means of identification to identify animals individually;]
computerised databases;
animal passports;
individual registers kept on each holding.
[F2The appropriate Minister and the competent authority shall have access to all the information covered by this title. The appropriate Minister shall take the measures necessary to ensure access to these data for all parties concerned, including consumer organisations having an interest which are recognised by the appropriate Minister, provided that the data confidentiality and protection prescribed by law are ensured.]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef.
F2Words in Art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 4(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)