1

A person who exports or consigns for export to a member State, any animal, shall ensure that, in addition to any other requirement in this Order for the identification of the animal, it has attached to its left ear, in such a position as not to obscure any other tag, a blue approved eartag bearing information identical—

a

in the case of an animal born within the European Union on or after 9th July 2005, to the approved eartag attached to it as the first means of identification in accordance with Article 9(2) or, where that eartag has been replaced under paragraph1(4)(a) of Schedule 1, to that replacement;

b

in the case of an animal born within the European Union on or before 8th July 2005, to the approved eartag attached to it in accordance with Article 8;

c

in the case of an animal imported from a third country, to the approved eartag attached to it in accordance with Article 12(3).

1A

For the purposes of paragraph (1) any reference in that paragraph to a provision of this Order (except Article 12(3)) includes a reference to any provision in legislation implementing or supplementing the Council Regulation in Great Britain or a member State and having an equivalent effect.

c

an animal born on or after 9th July 2005 if the first means of identification has been lost or damaged and not replaced on the holding on which it was born or not replaced in accordance with these Regulations or legislation in Great Britain implementing or supplementing the Council Regulation and having an equivalent effect.