Division 2 The means of identification must display a code providing the following information in the indicated order:F1

United Kingdom

(a)
either the two-letter alpha code or the three-digit numeric code(¹), based on ISO 3166, for F2the United Kingdom or for the Member State in which the holding where the animal was first identified is situated (country code);
(b)
an individual animal code of no more than 12 digits.

In addition to the codes referred to in points (a) and (b), and provided that the legibility of those codes is not affected, the competent authority may authorise a bar code and the addition of supplementary information by the keeper.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2008 of 23 September 2008 amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the means of identification of animals and the content of the movement documents (Text with EEA relevance).
F2: Words in Annex Pt. A para. 2(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(15)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Annex

Textual amendments

F2: Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
F3: Words in Annex footnote 18 "Iceland" and "Norway" added (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(15)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)