# Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, Division 4: 32000 R 1760: Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1), as amended by:

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

12003 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties-Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).
(a) In Article 4(1), the following sentence is added after the second sentence in the first subparagraph:
‘All animals on a holding in Bulgaria or Romania born by the date of accession or intended for intra-Community trade after that date shall be identified by an ear tag approved by the competent authority, applied to each ear.’
(b) In Article 4(2), the following subparagraph is added after the fourth sub-paragraph:
‘No animal born in Bulgaria or Romania after the date of accession may be moved from a holding unless it is identified in accordance with the provisions of this Article.’
(c) The following subparagraph is added after the second subparagraph in Article 6(1):
‘The competent authority in Bulgaria and Romania shall, as of the date of accession, for each animal which has to be identified in accordance with Article 4, issue a passport within 14 days of the notification of its birth, or, in the case of animals imported from third countries, within 14 days of the notification of its re-identification by the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 4(3).’
(d) In Article 20, the following sentence is added:
‘Bulgaria and Romania shall do so no later than three months after the date of accession.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1791/annex/division/5/division/B/division/I/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1791/annex/division-5/division-B/division-I/division-4
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