# 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 2: From 31 December 2009 , the holding register must contain at least the following up-to-date information for each animal born after that date:

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

(a)the identification code of the animal;
(b)in the holding of birth, the year of birth and date of identification;
(c)the month and the year of death of the animal on the holding;
(d)if known, the breed and the genotype.
However, for animals identified in accordance with point 7 of Section A, the information set out in (a) to (d) of this point must be provided for each batch of animals having the same identification and must include the number of animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/21/annex/division/B/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/annex/division-B/division-2
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