{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-968/annex/chapter-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-968/annex/chapter-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/968",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 15 December 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards guidelines and procedures for the electronic identification of ovine and caprine animals (notified under document number C(2006) 6522) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/968/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-968",
  "path": "annex/chapter/I",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "CHAPTER I",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of these Guidelines, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘Country code’ means a 3-digit numeric code representing the name of a country in accordance with ISO standard 3166;\n(b) ‘National identification code’ means a 12-digit numeric code to identify an individual animal at national level;\n(c) ‘Transponder code’ means the 64-bit electronic code programmed in the transponder and containing inter alia the country code and national identification code and used for the electronic identification of animals;\n(d) ‘Identifier’ means a read-only passive transponder applying the HDX- or FDX-B technology as defined in ISO standards 11784 and 11785 and incorporated in different means of identification as referred to in Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 21/2004;\n(e) ‘Reader’ means a synchronising or non-synchronising transceiver which is, at least, capable of:\n(i) reading identifiers; and\n(ii) displaying the country code and the national identification code;\n(f) . . . . .\n(g) . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Decision of 12 May 2010 amending Decision 2006/968/EC implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards guidelines and procedures for the electronic identification of ovine and caprine animals (notified under document C(2010) 3009) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/280/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/968/annex/chapter/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:20.413755+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}