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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 2015 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.Before issuing an identification document, the issuing body, or the person acting on its behalf, shall take all appropriate measures to:
(a)verify that no such identification document has already been issued for the equine animal concerned;
(b)prevent the fraudulent issuing of multiple identification documents for an individual equine animal.
2.The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall include:
(a)consulting the appropriate documentation and electronic records available;
(b)estimating the age of the equine animal;
(c)checking the equine animal, as provided for in Article 17, for any signs or marks indicative of any previous identification.
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