# The Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Regulation 8: Baseline eartags: animals imported from third countries


(1) The keeper of an animal imported from a third country shall comply with Article 4(1) and (4) of the Council Regulation and this regulation.
(2) The period determined for the purposes of Article 4(4) of the Council Regulation is 14 days.
(3) For an animal imported from a third country, the individual identification code for the first means of identification (“baseline F eartag”) for the purposes of Section A.2 of the Annex is the following information in the following order:–
(a) the letters “UK”;
(b) the flockmark or herdmark of the holding of import;
(c) a unique number; and
(d) the letter “F”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/73/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-and-traceability-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-8
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