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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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Article 1.(1) Each Member State shall establish a system for the...
Article 2.For the purpose of this Regulation: ‘animal’ shall mean any...
Article 3.(1) The system for the identification and registration of animals...
Article 5.(1) Each keeper of animals, with the exception of the...
Article 6.(1) As from 9 July 2005or for Bulgaria, Romania and...
Article 7.(1) Member States shall ensure that the competent authority has...
Article 8.(1) As from 9 July 2005or for Bulgaria, Romania and...
Article 9.(1) Guidelines and procedures for the implementation of electronic identification...
Article 10.(1) Amendments to the Annexes and measures necessary for the...
Article 11.(1) Member States shall inform each other and the Commission...
Article 12.(1) Member States shall take all the necessary measures to...
Article 13.(1) The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee...
Article 14.Regulation (EEC) No 1782/2003 is hereby amended as follows: Article...
Article 15.Directive 92/102/EEC shall be amended as follows: Article 2(a) shall...
Article 16.Article 3(2)(c) of Directive 64/432/EEC shall be replaced by the following...
Article 17.This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day...
1. The competent authority shall approve means of identification, as provided...
2. The means of identification must display a code providing the...
3. The first means of identification referred to in Article 4(2)(a)...
4. The second means of identification, as provided for in Article...
5. The system referred to in Article 4(2)(c) requires the identification...
6. The electronic identifiers must conform to the following technical characteristics:...
7. The identification method referred to in Article 4(3), shall be...
8. By way of derogation, to the identification requirement provided for...
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