
Article 1 
In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 494/98, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. If the keeper of an animal cannot prove its identification and traceability, the competent authority shall, where appropriate, on the basis of an assessment of the animal health and food safety risks, order the destruction of the animal without compensation.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 November 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO