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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-911/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-911/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/911",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eartags, passports and holding registers (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-911",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Ear tags shall comply with the following requirements:\n(a) they shall be of flexible plastic material;\n(b) they shall be tamper-proof and easy to read throughout the lifetime of the animal;\n(c) they shall not be re-usable;\n(d) they shall be designed in such a way that they can remain attached to the animal without being harmful to it;\n(e) they shall carry only non-removable inscriptions, as provided for in Article 1.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/911/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:31.819824+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."
}