Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eartags, passports and holding registers (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 911)

CHAPTER I U.K. EAR TAGS

Article 1 U.K.

1. Ear tags shall contain the name, the code or the logo of the competent authority which allocated the ear tags, and the characters provided for in paragraph 2.

[F1 2. The characters forming the identification code on the ear tags shall be as laid down in Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949(1).]

3. In addition to the information provided for in paragraph 1, a bar code may be authorised by the competent authority.

4. By derogation to the limitation of the number of characters laid down in paragraph 2(b) the competent authority of Italy may use a maximum of three supplementary characters after the sequence of characters provided for in that paragraph. However, those characters shall not form part of the identification code in paragraph 2.

5. Keepers shall be authorised to acquire in advance, if they so wish and in compliance with the applicable national provisions, a quantity of ear tags proportionate to their needs for a period not exceeding one year. In the case of holdings which keep no more than five animals, the competent authority may not provide in advance more than five pairs of eartags.

6. In case of an ear tag loss, the replacement ear tags may contain, in addition to the information provided for and distinct from it, a mark expressing in Roman numerals the version number of the replacement ear tag. In such an event, the identification code provided for in paragraph 2 shall remain unchanged. Replacement ear tags used F2 ... for animals born in [F3 a] Member State shall bear at least the same identification code in addition to the code or the logo of the competent authority issuing it.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949 of 2 June 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the configuration of the identification code for bovine animals and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Words in Art. 1(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 6(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in Art. 1(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 6(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 2 U.K.

Ear tags shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

they shall be of flexible plastic material;

(b)

they shall be tamper-proof and easy to read throughout the lifetime of the animal;

(c)

they shall not be re-usable;

(d)

they shall be designed in such a way that they can remain attached to the animal without being harmful to it;

(e)

they shall carry only non-removable inscriptions, as provided for in Article 1.

Article 3 U.K.

The model of the first ear tag shall be as follows:

(a)

it shall consist of two parts, a male part and a female part;

(b)

each part of the ear tag shall contain only the information provided for in Article 1;

(c)

the length of the ear tag shall be at least 45 mm for each part;

(d)

the width of the ear tag shall be at least 55 mm for each part;

(e)

the characters shall have a minimum height of 5 mm.

Article 4 U.K.

[F4 The appropriate Minister] may choose other material or model for the second ear tag and may decide to add further information provided that the information requirements provided for in Article 1 (1) and (2) are complied with.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 6(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Article 5 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F5 Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 6(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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[F1 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949 of 2 June 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the configuration of the identification code for bovine animals and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 ( OJ L 143, 3.6.2017, p. 1 ).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949 of 2 June 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the configuration of the identification code for bovine animals and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 (Text with EEA relevance).