# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/999 of 9 July 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: The marking on the straws and other packages referred to in point 1, whether or not in the form of a code, must include the following information:

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

(a) the date of collection or production of the semen, oocytes or embryos expressed at least in one of the following formats: ddmmyy, yymmdd, dd/mm/yy, yy/mm/dd, dd.mm.yy, yy.mm.dd, or, provided the conditions of point 2 of Part 2 are fulfilled at all times, the number of days since a fixed date expressed in a 5-digit code;
(b) the species of donor animal(s);
(c) the identification code(s) of donor animal(s) as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035 or, in case of porcine animals, at least the unique registration number of the establishment of birth of the donor animal(s) as defined in point (15) of Article 2 of that Delegated Regulation, or, in the case of equine animals, the unique code as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of that Delegated Regulation;
(d) the unique approval number or unique registration number of the establishment of either collection or production, processing and storage of the semen, oocytes or embryos which must include the name or ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/999/annex/part/1/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-999/annex/part-1/division-2
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