
Article 1 
This Regulation lays down rules for the configuration of the identification code for bovine animals as provided for in Article 4(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.
Article 2 
The identification code for bovine animals shall be displayed on the means of identification as follows:

((a)) the first element of the identification code must be the country code of the United Kingdom or  of the Member State where the means of identification was first applied, in the form of either the two-letter alpha code or the three-digit numeric code as listed in the Annex;
((b)) the second element of the identification code must be a numeric individual animal code not exceeding 12 digits; however, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom may maintain their system of an alphanumeric code for the 12 digits following the country code in respect of animals born until 31 December 1999 for Ireland, Spain, Italy and Portugal and for the United Kingdom in respect of animals born until 30 June 2000.
Article 3 
The competent authority ... may record in the computerised database for bovine animals as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, an identification code in the form of either the two-letter alpha code or the three-digit numeric code referred to in Article 2(a) of this Regulation regardless of the country code displayed on the means of identification provided that full traceability of a bovine animal is ensured.
Article 4 
Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
'
2. The characters forming the identification code on the ear tags shall be as laid down in Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949.';
((2)) Annex I is deleted.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...Done at Brussels, 2 June 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Country codes as referred to in Article 2:

Member State Two-letter alpha code Three-digit numeric code
Belgium BE 056
Bulgaria BG 100
Czech Republic CZ 203
Denmark DK 208
Germany DE 276
Estonia EE 233
Iceland IS 352
Ireland IE 372
Greece EL 300
Spain ES 724
France FR 250
Croatia HR 191
Italy IT 380
Cyprus CY 196
Latvia LV 428
Lithuania LT 440
Luxembourg LU 442
Hungary HU 348
Malta MT 470
Netherlands NL 528
Norway NO 578
Austria AT 040
Poland PL 616
Portugal PT 620
Romania RO 642
Slovenia SI 705
Slovakia SK 703
Finland FI 246
Sweden SE 752
United Kingdom UK 826