Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 29 U.K. The issuing of duplicate identification documents

1. A duplicate identification document shall be issued by the issuing body referred to in [F1 Article 5(1)(a)(iii) or (iv), (b) or (c)] where:

(a) the original identification document is lost, and the identity of the animal can be established, notably through the code transmitted by the transponder or the alternative method of identity verification in accordance with Article 21 [F2 of the EU Regulation]; or

(b) the animal has not been identified within the time limits set out in Article 12, Article 14 or Article 43(2), provided that the covering certificate is available and the biological dam or, in case of embryo transfer, the foster dam, is identified in accordance with this Regulation; or

(c) the competent authority has proof that certain identification details in the existing identification document do not match the corresponding equine animal and the provisions in Article 12(3)(a) cannot be applied.

2. In the cases described in paragraph 1, the issuing body referred to [F3 in that paragraph] shall on application by the keeper or at the request of the competent authority:

(a) apply to the animal, where necessary, a transponder in accordance with Article 18 F4 ...;

(b) issue a duplicate identification document clearly marked as such (‘duplicate identification document’) with a reference to the unique life number recorded in the database of the issuing body which:

(i)

carried out the first identification of the animal and issued the lost original identification document; or

(ii)

issues the duplicate identification document for an animal referred to in paragraph 1(b);

(c) classify the equine animal in Part II of Section II of the duplicate identification document as not intended for slaughter for human consumption.

3. Details of the duplicate identification document issued in accordance with paragraph 2, shall be entered with a reference to the unique life number in the database, as referred to in Article 38 and forwarded to the central database in accordance with Article 39.

4. Where the lost identification document was issued in accordance with Article 9(1) by an issuing body referred to in [F5 paragraph 1] which is no longer in existence, the duplicate identification document shall be issued in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article by an issuing body referred to in [F6 paragraph 1 in the constituent territory of Great Britain where the holding of the equine animal is located.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 29(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 29(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 29(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 29(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 29(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 29(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(c)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)