http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/21/article/7/2012-01-01Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EECCouncil Regulation (EC) No 21/2004Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EECKing's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004R0021-20120101texttext/xmlen2025-04-232012-01-01 Article 7 1 Member States shall ensure that the competent authority has a central register of all the holdings relating to keepers of animals in their territory except transporters. 2 The register shall include the identification code of the holding or, if authorised by the competent authority, that of the keeper, other than transporter, the occupation of the keeper, the type of production (meat or milk) and the species kept. If the keeper keeps animals permanently, he shall make an inventory of the animals kept at regular intervals fixed by the competent authority of the Member State and in any case at least annually. 3 A holding shall remain on the central register until three consecutive years have elapsed with no animals on the holding. With effect from 9 July 2005or for Bulgaria and Romania the date of accession the register shall be included in the computer database referred to in Article 8(1). Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.