The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 is amended as follows:
in Section A, point 7, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Animals identified in accordance with this point intended to be kept beyond the age of 12 months or intended for intra-Community trade or export to third countries, must be identified in accordance with points 1 to 4 to ensure complete traceability of each animal to the holding of birth.’;
in Section C, point 2 is replaced by the following:
From 1 January 2011, the keeper of the holding of departure shall record on the movement document the individual identification code of each animal identified in accordance with points 1 to 6 of Section A before the movement takes place.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the competent authority may authorise for movements not involving intra-Community trade 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:
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.’;
in Section D, point 1(f) is replaced by the following:
the result of the inventory of animals provided for in Article 7(2), and the date when that inventory was carried out, except in Member States where the centralised computer database contains the individual identification code of each animal kept on a holding’.