{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-21/article-9.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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. As from 31 December 2009, or for Croatia the date of accession, electronic identification according to the guidelines referred to in Commission Decision (EC) No 2006/968 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards guidelines and procedures for the electronic identification of ovine and caprine animals, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of Section A of the Annex, shall be obligatory for all animals.\nHowever, if the total number of ovine and caprine animals in Great Britain is 600 000 or less, the appropriate Minister may make such electronic identification optional for animals not involved in export to the European Union.\nIf the total number of caprine animals in Great Britain is 160 000 or less the appropriate Minister may also make such electronic identification optional for caprine animals not involved in export to the European Union.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 9(1)(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 5(5)(a) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1560/2007 of 17 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the date of introduction of electronic identification for ovine and caprine animals."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 5(5)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(10)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 33(3)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 9(4) 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(10)(b); 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/9",
    "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."
}