Commission Regulation (EC) No 2105/98 of 1 October 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2628/97 as regards transitional provisions for the start-up period of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cattle, data recording, database, health control, intra-EU trade, labelling

L 267/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2. 10. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2105/98

of 1 October 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2628/97 as regards transitional provisions for the
start-up period of the system for the identification and registration of bovine
animals

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of
21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification
and registration of bovine animals and regarding the
labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular
Article 10(f) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2628/97 (2)
lays down detailed rules as regards transitional provisions
for the start-up period of the system for the identification
and registration of bovine animals;

Whereas in order to avoid difficulties in the domain of
intra-Community trade in bovine animals it is necessary
to clarify the applicable rules; whereas it is necessary to
allow in certain Member States, for a transitional period
until 1 March 1999 at the latest, the trade in bovine
animals born after 1 January 1998 bearing ear-tags
complying with Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27
November 1992 on the identification and registration of
animals (3);

Whereas such a solution is justifiable since it serves
the possibility for Member States to use their existing
stock of ear-tags and avoids the practical difficulties of
re-identifying quickly all bovine animals which may be
subject to intra-Community trade;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2628/97 should be amended
accordingly;

Whereas having regard to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
820/97, it is necessary for the measures provided for in
this Regulation to take effect from 1 September 1998;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the European Agricul-
tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following paragraph 6 is hereby added to Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 2628/97:

‘6.
Until 1 March 1999 at the latest, bovine animals
which belong to the national herds of Belgium,
France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and the
United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern
Ireland), are born after 1 January 1998, and bear two
ear-tags as referred to in paragraph 1, may be subject
to intra-Community trade provided that those ear-tags
comply with Council Directive 92/102/EEC (*) and
form part of the national stocks notified in accordance
with paragraph 3.

For the purposes of this paragraph, for Portugal and
Germany the second ear-tag may comply with para-
graph 4.

(*) OJ L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 32.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 1 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 354, 30. 12. 1997, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 32.