{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-644/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/644",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 644/2005 of 27 April 2005 authorising a special identification system for bovine animals kept for cultural and historical purposes on approved premises as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-644",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Means of identification",
  "text": "1. The animals shall be identified by the unique identification code provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000. That code shall be contained in one of the following means to be decided by the competent authority:\n(a) two plastic or metallic ear tags;\n(b) one plastic or metallic ear tag together with brand marking;\n(c) a tattoo; or\n(d) an electronic identifier contained in a ruminal bolus.\n2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority may decide that the animals may be identified by means of an electronic identifier in the form of an injectable transponder provided the animals identified in this manner do not enter the food chain.",
  "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/2005/644/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:41.208233+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."
}