The Equine Identification (Wales) Regulations 2019

Transponders

13.—(1) For the purposes of Article 18(3), the minimum qualification required for the person entrusted with the implantation of a transponder is membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and in this regulation that person is referred to as a “veterinary surgeon”.

(2) A veterinary surgeon who implants a transponder into an equine must take the measures set out in Articles 16 and 17(1) on behalf of an issuing body.

(3) For the purposes of Article 18(5), the responsible person must arrange for a veterinary surgeon to implant a transponder into an equine that is deemed to be identified in accordance with Articles 4(2) or 43(1) if—

(a) a previously implanted and recorded transponder ceases to function;

(b) the equine arrives in Wales having been subject to an alternative method of identity verification authorised by another member State under Article 21; or

(c) the equine—

(i) does not fall within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b);

(ii) has not already had a transponder implanted in compliance with the requirements or specifications as to transponders set out in the EU Regulation or Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008(1) of 6 June 2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae; and

(iii) was born on or before 30 June 2009.

(4) A veterinary surgeon who implants a transponder into an equine must ensure that the transponder displays a code that is unique to the transponder.

(1)

OJ No. L 149, 7.6.2008, p.3.