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Article 38 Obligations on operators keeping bovine animals as regards the means and methods of identification of kept bovine animals, their application and use

United Kingdom

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1.

Operators keeping bovine animals shall ensure that bovine animals are individually identified by means of a conventional ear tag as referred to in point (a) of Annex III which must:

(a)

be attached to each ear flap of the animal with a visible, legible and indelible display of the identification code of the animal on the means of identification;

(b)

be applied to bovine animals on the establishment of birth;

(c)

not be removed, modified or replaced without the permission of the competent authority of the Member State where the bovine animals are kept.

2.

Operators keeping bovine animals may replace:

(a)

one of a conventional ear tag referred to in paragraph 1 by an electronic identifier approved by the competent authority of the Member State where the bovine animals are kept;

(b)

both conventional ear tags referred to in paragraph 1 by an electronic identifier approved by the competent authority of the Member State where the bovine animals are kept in accordance with the exemptions provided for in Article 39(1).