{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-121",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/429",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429",
  "path": "article/121",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "121",
  "heading": "Traceability requirements for germinal products of kept animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine species",
  "text": "1. Operators producing, processing or storing germinal products shall mark germinal products of kept animals of the bovine, caprine, ovine, porcine and equine species in such a way that they can be clearly traced to:\n(a) the donor animals;\n(b) the date of collection; and\n(c) the germinal product establishments where they were collected, produced, processed and stored.\n2. The marking provided for in paragraph 1 shall be designed in such a way as to ensure:\n(a) the efficient application of the disease prevention and control measures provided for in this Regulation;\n(b) the traceability of the germinal products, their movements within and between Member States and their entry into the Union.",
  "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/2016/429/article/121",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:57.045484+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."
}