# 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, Division 5

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

The system referred to in Article 4(2)(c) requires the identification of the animals both by holding and individually, provides for a replacement procedure where a means of identification has become illegible or has been lost, under the control of the competent authority and without compromising traceability between holdings, the objective being to control epizootic diseases, and allows the animals’ movements to be traced within the national territory, with the same objective.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/21/annex/division/A/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/annex/division-A/division-5
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