# 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 4c: Identification of animals moved from a Member State to Great Britain

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

1. Animals moved from a Member State to Great Britain shall retain the original means of identification applied to them pursuant to Article 4(1).
However, by way of derogation from the first subparagraph, starting from 18 July 2019, the competent authority ... may allow:
(a) the replacement of one of the means of identification by an electronic identifier without changing the original unique identification code of the animal;
(b) the replacement of both means of identification by two new means of identification which shall both bear the same, new unique identification code. This derogation may be applied until five years after 18 July 2019, where the characters forming the identification code of an animal’s conventional ear tag do not permit the application of an electronic identifier with the same unique identification code, and provided that the animal is born before the date of entry into force of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949.
2. Where the appropriate Minister has introduced ... provisions to make the use of an electronic identifier compulsory, the animals shall be identified with that electronic identifier at the latest in the holding of destination within a maximum period to be determined by the appropriate Minister. That maximum period shall not exceed 20 days from the date of arrival of the animals on the holding of destination.
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.
However, the first subparagraph shall not apply to animals destined directly for a slaughterhouse where the appropriate Minister has introduced ... provisions to make the use of an electronic identifier compulsory.

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