Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004Show full title

Article 6U.K.

1.The passport shall contain at least the following:

(a)the information referred to in the first to seventh indent of Article 14 (3) C (1), of Directive 64/432/EEC;

(b)the information referred to in:

(c)the signature of the keeper(s), with the exception of the transporter; when the database is fully operational as provided for in the first indent of Article 6 (3), of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, only the signature of the last keeper shall be provided;

(d)the name of issuing authority;

(e)the date of issue of the passport.

2.Without prejudice to Chapter I.A.1 of the Annex to Council Directive 91/628/EEC on the protection of animals during transport(1), a calf under four weeks of age may be moved, provided that its navel is healed. In such a case, Member States may provide for it to be accompanied by a temporary passport containing at least the information set out in paragraph 1 in a format approved by the competent authority.

The temporary passport shall be issued by the first keeper of the calf and shall be completed by each subsequent keeper with the exception of transporters. The keeper shall submit the temporary passport to the competent authority before the animal is four weeks old, or within seven days following the event if the animal dies or is slaughtered before it is four weeks old. Where the calf is still alive, the competent authority shall issue a final passport in accordance with paragraph 1 within 14 days of receipt of the temporary passport. Final passports shall record the details of all previous movements made by the calf as recorded on the temporary passport.

The calf may not move more than twice between holdings, accompanied by the temporary passport. For the purpose of this paragraph, a movement between two holdings through a market or calf collection centre shall count as one movement, provided that the market or the calf collection centre can provide, upon request, to the competent authorities a full record of the transactions carried out within the framework of that market or centre.

3.By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), the information provided for by the second and fifth indents of Article 14 (3) C (1) of Directive 64/432/EEC shall not be compulsory for passports of bovine animals born before 1 January 1998. The derogation provided for in this paragraph shall be without prejudice to the obligation to provide the abovementioned pieces of information where such a requirement is provided for by national rules. Member States shall communicate to each other and to the Commission the rules effectively applied regarding the information referred to in this paragraph.

4.For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia the derogation provided for in paragraph 3 shall apply to bovine animals born before 1 January 2004.

[F15. For Bulgaria and Romania the derogation provided for in paragraph 3 shall apply to bovine animals born more than 6 months before the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania.]

[F26. For Croatia the derogation provided for in paragraph 3 shall apply to bovine animals born more than 6 months before the date of accession of Croatia.]