The marking on the straws and other packages must be clearly legible and all information included in the marking must be distinctly printed or written.

the date of collection or production of the semen, oocytes or embryos expressed at least in one of the following formats: ddmmyy, yymmdd, dd/mm/yy, yy/mm/dd, dd.mm.yy, yy.mm.dd, or, provided the conditions of point 2 of Part 2 are fulfilled at all times, the number of days since a fixed date expressed in a 5-digit code; the species of donor animal(s); the identification code(s) of donor animal(s) as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035 or, in case of porcine animals, at least the unique registration number of the establishment of birth of the donor animal(s) as defined in point (15) of Article 2 of that Delegated Regulation, or, in the case of equine animals, the unique code as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of that Delegated Regulation; the unique approval number or unique registration number of the establishment of either collection or production, processing and storage of the semen, oocytes or embryos which must include the name or ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.

the unique approval number of the germinal product establishment of collection or production, processing and storage of the semen, oocytes or embryos, or the unique registration number of the establishment of collection, processing and storage of the semen of ovine and caprine animals, or the breed of donor animal(s).

Where a single straw or another package contains either semen collected from more than one donor animal or embryos and there is not enough space on the straw or another package to print or write the identification of each donor animal, the codes or numbers referred to in point 2(c) may be presented in the form of a numeric code.

The marking on the straws and other packages referred to in point 1 may include any other relevant information (such as the name of donor animal(s), breed, an indication of sex of the sex-sorted semen or the individual identification number of the donor porcine animal(s)).

Where there is not enough space on the straw or another package to print or write the unique approval number of the germinal product processing establishment, that unique approval number may be presented in the form of a numeric code.

All or parts of the information referred to in points 2 to 6 may be coded electronically on the straws or other packages.

Each consignment of germinal products must be accompanied by specifications explaining marking printed or written on the straws and other packages in which semen, oocytes or embryos are placed.

Where the date is shown as the number of days since a fixed date expressed in a 5-digit code, the fixed date must be specified.

Where the marking on a straw or other package includes any numeric code referred to in point 4 or in the second subparagraph of point 6 of Part 1, the specifications referred to in point 1 of this Part must include information explaining which information is coded.

Where the marking on a straw or other package includes any electronic code referred to in point 7 of Part 1, a reader which enables that electronic code to be decoded shall be made available by the operator responsible for the consignment of germinal products.