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Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC
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the identification code of the holding;
the name and address of the keeper;
the total number of animals moved;
the identification code or the name and address of the holding of destination or of the next keeper of the animals or, when animals are moved to a slaughterhouse, the identification code or the name and location of the slaughterhouse, or, in the event of transhumance, the place of destination;
the data concerning the means of transport and the transporter, including the transporter’s permit number;
the date of departure;
the signature of the keeper.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the competent authority may authorise for movements not involving [F4export to a Member State] the recording of the individual identification code of each animal at destination on behalf of the keeper of the holding of departure subject to the following conditions:
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F4Words in Annex Pt. C para. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(15)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
the animals are not transported in the same means of transport as animals from other holdings, unless the batches of animals are physically separated from each other;
the holding of destination is approved by the competent authority for the purpose of recording individual animal codes on behalf of the keeper of the holding of departure;
procedures are in place to ensure that within 48 hours of the time of departure:
the individual identification code of each animal is recorded in accordance with point 2(a) of Section B in the holding register of the holding of departure;
the information relating to the movement is provided to the competent authority to update the computer database in accordance with point 2 of Section D.]
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F2Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 759/2009 of 19 August 2009 amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals (Text with EEA relevance).
F3Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
on their movement to a slaughterhouse, directly or via a channelling procedure excluding subsequent movements to any other holding;
[F5until 31 December 2014 for all other movements.]]
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