Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004Show full title

Article 8 U.K.

1. As from 9 July 2005 [F1 or for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia the respective date of accession] the competent authority F2 ... shall set up a computer database in accordance with Section D.1 of the Annex.

2. Each keeper of animals, with the exception of the transporter, shall, within a period of 30 days as regards information relating to the keeper or the holding and within a period of seven days as regards information relating to movements of animals, provide the competent authority with:

(a) the information for entry in the central register and the outcome of the inventory, mentioned in Article 7(2), and the information required for the setting up of the database referred to in paragraph 1;

(b) [F3 where] the derogation referred to in Article 6(4) [F4 is applied], each time an animal is moved, the details of the movement, as set out in the movement document referred to in Article 6.

3. The competent authority F5 ... may, if it so wishes, set up a computer database containing at least the information listed in Section D.2 of the Annex.

4. [F6 The appropriate Minister] may enter in the computer database referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 further information in addition to that listed in Sections D.1 and D.2 of the Annex.

5. As from 1 January 2008, [F7 or for Croatia the date of accession,] the database referred to in paragraph 3 shall be obligatory.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.

F2 Words in Art. 8(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in Art. 8(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(9)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 8(2)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(9)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 8(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(9)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 8(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 10(9)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.