{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-99/annex-II/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-99/annex-II/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/99",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-99",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The mark mentioned in paragraph 1 may also be applied using a single oval stamp, 6,5 cm wide by 4,5 cm high; the following information must appear on the mark in perfectly legible characters:\non the upper part, the name or ISO code of the Member State in capitals: AT, BE, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, HR, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE and UK,\nin the centre, the veterinary approval number of the slaughterhouse,\non the lower part, one of the following sets of initials CE, EC, EF, EG, EK, EY or EZ,\ntwo straight lines crossing at the centre of the stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured.\nThe letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and the figures at least 1 cm high.\nThe stamp must also carry information whereby the veterinarian who inspected the meat can be identified.\nThe mark must be applied under the direct supervision of the official veterinarian controlling the implementation of the animal health requirements.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Directive 2013/20/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Directive 2013/20/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/99/annex/II/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:54.910777+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."
}