Division 1 Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 is amended as follows:

in Article 4(1) first subparagraph, the following sentence is added after the third sentence:

‘All animals on a holding in Croatia 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.’;

in Article 4(2), the following subparagraph is added after the fifth subparagraph:

‘No animal born in Croatia after the date of accession may be moved from a holding unless it is identified in accordance with this Article.’;

in Article 6(1), the following subparagraph is added after the third subparagraph:

‘The competent authority in Croatia 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).’;

in Article 20, the following sentence is added:

‘Croatia shall do so no later than three months after the date of accession.’.