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Article 45 Obligations on operators of kept ovine and caprine animals as regards the means and methods of identification of those animals, their application and use

United Kingdom

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1.

Operators keeping ovine and caprine animals intended to be moved directly to a slaughterhouse before the age of 12 months shall ensure that each such animal is identified by at least a conventional ear tag attached to an ear flap of the animal or a conventional pastern band as listed in point (a) or (b) of Annex III with a visible, legible and indelible display of, either:

  1. (a)

    the unique registration number of the establishment of birth of animal;

or

  1. (b)

    the identification code of the animal.

2.

Operators keeping ovine and caprine animals not intended to be moved directly to slaughterhouse before the age of 12 months shall ensure that each such animal is individually identified as follows:

  1. (a)

    by a conventional ear tag as listed in point (a) of Annex III with a visible, legible and indelible display of the identification code of the animal;

and

  1. (b)

    by one of the means of identification listed in points (c) to (f) of Annex III approved by the competent authority of the Member State where the ovine and caprine animals are kept with legible and indelible display of the identification code of the animal.

3.

Operators keeping ovine and caprine animals shall ensure that:

(a)

the means of identification are applied to ovine and caprine animals on the establishment of birth;

(b)

no means of identification are removed, modified or replaced without the permission of the competent authority.

4.

Operators keeping ovine and caprine animals may replace:

(a)

one of the approved means of identification referred to in paragraph 2 in accordance with the derogations provided for in Article 46(1), (2), (3) and (4);

(b)

both means of identification referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article by an electronic identifier approved by the competent authority of the Member State where the ovine and caprine animals are kept in accordance with the exemptions provided for in Article 47(1).