# 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 1 January 2011 , or for Croatia the date of accession, the keeper of the holding of departure shall record on the movement document the individual identification code of each animal identified in accordance with points 1 to 6 of Section A before the movement takes place.

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

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the competent authority may authorise for movements not involving export to a Member State the recording of the individual identification code of each animal at destination on behalf of the keeper of the holding of departure subject to the following conditions:
(a)the animals are not transported in the same means of transport as animals from other holdings, unless the batches of animals are physically separated from each other;
(b)the holding of destination is approved by the competent authority for the purpose of recording individual animal codes on behalf of the keeper of the holding of departure;
(c)procedures are in place to ensure that within 48 hours of the time of departure:
(i)the individual identification code of each animal is recorded in accordance with point 2(a) of Section B in the holding register of the holding of departure;
(ii)the information relating to the movement is provided to the competent authority to update the computer database in accordance with point 2 of Section D.

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