26. For the purpose of Article 7(2) of the Council Regulation, a keeper who keeps animals permanently must make an annual inventory of the number of animals on that keeper’s holding within 30 days of a date specified by the Welsh Ministers.
27. It is an offence for a keeper to fail to comply with article 26.
28.—(1) On receiving notification under Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation that a person has become the keeper on a holding, the Welsh Ministers must, subject to paragraph (2), allocate a flockmark in respect of each flock of sheep on the holding and a herdmark in respect of each herd of goats on the holding.
(2) When the holding is a slaughterhouse or a market, the Welsh Ministers must allocate a flockmark or herdmark only where the Welsh Ministers deem it appropriate to do so.
(3) The keeper must notify the Welsh Ministers in writing of any change in the information specified in Article 8(2)(a) of the Council Regulation within 30 days of such change.
(4) Within 30 days of becoming a keeper, that person must give written notification of that change to the Welsh Ministers.
(5) It is an offence for a keeper to fail to comply with paragraphs (3) or (4).