# Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (Text with EEA relevance), Chapter II

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

The identifying number must have the following structure:
1..the character ‘α’ if the feed business is approved;
2..The ISO code of the country where the feed business is located;
3..the ... reference number, to a maximum of eight alphanumerical characters.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/183/annex/V/chapter/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-183/annex-V/chapter-II
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