{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/annex/division-A/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/annex/division-A/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/21",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21",
  "path": "annex/division/A/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The second means of identification, as provided for in Article 4(2)(b), must comply with the following criteria:",
  "text": "(a)for animals identified in accordance with point 3(a):\n(i)an eartag which complies with the criteria set out in point 3(b); or\n(ii)a mark on the pastern which complies with the criteria for eartags set out in point 3(b); or\n(iii)a tattoo, except for animals involved in export to a Member State;\n(b)for animals identified in accordance with point 3(b):\n(i)an electronic identifier which complies with the criteria set out in point 3(a); or\n(ii)for animals not involved in export to a Member State, an electronic identifier in the form of an electronic mark on the pastern or of an injectable transponder in accordance with the technical characteristics listed in point 6; or\n(iii)where electronic identification is not obligatory, pursuant to Article 9(3):\nan eartag, which complies with the criteria set out in point 3(b),\na mark on the pastern, which complies with the criteria for the eartags set out in point 3(b), or\na tattoo.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. A substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(15)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/21/annex/division/A/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:46.481816+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."
}