{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/annex/division-A/division-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/annex/division-A/division-7.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/7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "The identification method referred to in Article 4(3), shall be as follows:",
  "text": "(a)the animals must be identified by an eartag approved by the competent authority, applied to one ear;\n(b)the eartag must be of non-degradable material, tamper-proof and easy to read; it must be non-reusable and must bear only non-removable codes;\n(c)the eartag must contain at least the following information:\n(i)the two-letter country code(1); and\n(ii)the identification code of the holding of birth or an individual animal code from which the holding of birth can be ... identified in accordance with this point intended to be kept beyond the age of 12 months or intended for export to a Member State or export to third countries, must be identified in accordance with points 1 to 4 to ensure complete traceability of each animal to the holding of birth.",
  "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 para. 7(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(15)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 759/2009 of 19 August 2009 amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "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": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/21/annex/division/A/division/7",
    "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."
}