{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/article-3.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": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The system for the identification and registration of animals shall comprise the following elements:\n(a) means of identification to identify each animal;\n(b) up-to-date registers kept on each holding;\n(c) movement documents;\n(d) a central register or a computer database.\n2. The appropriate Minister and the competent authority shall have access to all information covered by this Regulation. The appropriate Minister shall take the measures necessary to ensure access to that information for all parties having an interest, including consumers organisations recognised by the appropriate Minister, provided that the data protection and confidentiality requirements prescribed by national law are complied with.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(4); 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/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T17:59:45.367454+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."
}