
Article 1 
This Regulation lays down rules for a special identification system for bovine animals recognised by the competent authority as being kept for cultural and historical purposes (‘the animals’) on premises approved for that purpose by the competent authority (‘the premises’).
Article 2 

1. The keeper of the animals shall, at all times, be in possession of the two ear tags approved by the competent authority in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 (‘the approved ear tags’).
2. By way of derogation from Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, where the animals are moved to the premises, the approved ear tags may be removed from the animals without permission of the competent authority but under its the control, provided that, at the latest when the approved ear tags are removed, the animals are marked by the means of identification chosen by the competent authority as provided for in Article 3(1) of this Regulation.
3. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, where the animals are born on the premises, it shall not be compulsory to apply the approved ear tags to them, provided that, at the latest when the animals are 20 days old, they are marked by the means of identification chosen by the competent authority as provided for in Article 3(1) of this Regulation.
4. Before the animals leave the premises the approved ear tags shall be applied to the animals.However, if the animals are moved directly to other premises referred to in Article 1  in the United Kingdom, it is sufficient for the approved ear tags to accompany the animals during the movement.
Article 3 

1. The animals shall be identified by the unique identification code provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000. That code shall be contained in one of the following means to be decided by the competent authority:
(a) two plastic or metallic ear tags;
(b) one plastic or metallic ear tag together with brand marking;
(c) a tattoo; or
(d) an electronic identifier contained in a ruminal bolus.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority may decide that the animals may be identified by means of an electronic identifier in the form of an injectable transponder provided the animals identified in this manner do not enter the food chain.
Article 4 
The competent authority shall allocate a specific registration code to each of the premises.
That code shall be registered in the national computerised database for bovine animals provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...Done at Brussels, 27 April 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission