# Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97, Article 4b: Identification of animals from third countries

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Any animal subject to veterinary checks, pursuant to Directive 91/496/EEC, entering Great Britain from a third country and intended for a holding of destination within the territory of Great Britain, shall be identified at the holding of destination with the means of identification provided for in Article 4(1).
The original identification applied to the animal in the third country of origin shall be recorded in the computerised database provided for in Article 5 together with the unique identification code of the means of identification allocated to the animal by the competent authority.
The first subparagraph shall not apply to animals destined directly for a slaughterhouse situated in Great Britain, provided that the animals are slaughtered within 20 days following those veterinary checks pursuant to Directive 91/496/EEC.
2. The means of identification of animals referred to in Article 4(1) shall be applied within a maximum period to be determined by the appropriate Minister. That period shall not exceed 20 days following the veterinary checks referred in paragraph 1.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for reasons related to the physiological development of the animals, that period may, for the second means of identification, be extended up to 60 days following the birth of the animal.
In all cases, the two means of identification referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) shall be applied to the animals before they leave the holding of destination.
3. Where the appropriate Minister has introduced ... provisions under the second subparagraph of Article 4(4) to make the use of an electronic identifier compulsory, the animals shall be identified with that electronic identifier in the holding of destination ..., within a period to be determined by the appropriate Minister. That period shall not exceed 20 days following the veterinary checks referred in paragraph 1.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for reasons related to the physiological development of the animals, that period may, for the second means of identification, be extended up to 60 days following the birth of the animal.
In all cases, the electronic identifier shall be applied to the animals before they leave the holding of destination.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/1760/article/4b (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-1760/article-4b
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