# 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, Article 8

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

1. As from 9 July 2005 or for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia the respective date of accession the competent authority ... shall set up a computer database in accordance with Section D.1 of the Annex.
2. Each keeper of animals, with the exception of the transporter, shall, within a period of 30 days as regards information relating to the keeper or the holding and within a period of seven days as regards information relating to movements of animals, provide the competent authority with:
(a) the information for entry in the central register and the outcome of the inventory, mentioned in Article 7(2), and the information required for the setting up of the database referred to in paragraph 1;
(b) where the derogation referred to in Article 6(4) is applied, each time an animal is moved, the details of the movement, as set out in the movement document referred to in Article 6.
3. The competent authority ... may, if it so wishes, set up a computer database containing at least the information listed in Section D.2 of the Annex.
4. The appropriate Minister may enter in the computer database referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 further information in addition to that listed in Sections D.1 and D.2 of the Annex.
5. As from 1 January 2008, or for Croatia the date of accession, the database referred to in paragraph 3 shall be obligatory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/21/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/article-8
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