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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-494/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-494/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1998/494",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98 of 27 February 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 as regards the application of minimum administrative sanctions in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-494",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If one or more animals on a holding comply with none of the provisions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 820/97, a restriction shall be imposed on movement of all animals to and from that holding.\n2. If the keeper of an animal cannot prove its identification and traceability, the competent authority shall, where appropriate, on the basis of an assessment of the animal health and food safety risks, order the destruction of the animal without compensation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1053/2010 of 18 November 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 494/98 as regards administrative sanctions in cases of failure to prove the identification of an animal (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/494/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:25.686699+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."
}