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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1082/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2003/1082",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003 of 23 June 2003 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum level of controls to be carried out in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1082",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The competent authority shall check the identification of all animals on the holding.\nHowever, where the number of animals on the holding exceeds 20, the competent authority may decide to check the means of identification of a representative sample of those animals in accordance with internationally recognised standards provided that the number of animals checked is sufficient to detect 5 % of cases of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 by the keepers of such animals at a 95 % confidence level.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1034/2010 of 15 November 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003 as regards checks concerning the requirements for the identification and registration of bovine animals (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1082/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:02.115498+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."
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