Article 12 Replacement of the means of identification for animals identified according to Article 9I1

Where an animal identified according to Article 9 loses one means of identification, or that means of identification becomes illegible, the keeper must replace it with one bearing the same identification code or remove the remaining identification device and re-identify the animal according to Article 9.

Where an animal identified according to Article 9 loses both means of identification, or both means of identification become illegible the keeper must re-identify the animal according to Article 9.

If the animal is no longer on its holding of birth, or it is not known whether the animal is still on its holding of birth, the keeper must use a red means of identification. This does not apply where the means of identification is a bolus or an identification device matching a bolus, or where the keeper provides the information required by F1Article 102 of the Council Regulation and Articles 22, 23(1), (2) and (4) of the Commission Regulation in accordance with Article 18.