Commission Regulation (EC) No 2680/1999 of 17 December 1999 approving a system of identification for bulls intended for cultural and sporting events
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal show, bull, cultural event, identity document, sporting event

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2680/1999

of 17 December 1999

approving a system of identification for bulls intended for cultural and sporting events

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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 the labelling of beef and
beef products (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Having regard to requests submitted by Spain, Portugal and
France,

(1) Whereas Spain, Portugal and France have submitted
requests regarding the identification of bulls intended for
cultural and sporting events, due to difficulties linked to
tradition;

(2) Whereas it

is justified to take into account

those
requests, provided that the system to be foreseen offers
equivalent guarantees to the ones foreseen by Regulation
(EC) No 820/97; whereas the special provisions to be
made for bulls intended for cultural and sporting events
should be limited only to eartags; whereas the other
elements of the identification system as provided for by
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 should be imple-
mented according to the current Community legislation;

(3) Whereas for bulls intended for cultural and sporting
events the competent authority should choose one of
the following means of marking: (a) two plastic eartags,
(b) one or two metallic eartags together with brand
marking, or (c) one plastic eartag together with brand
marking; whereas in any case the two eartags foreseen
by the current Community legislation should be attached
to those animals or should acompany them when they
are subject to intra-Community trade;

(4) Whereas the eartags may be removed from animals
destined to such events prior to movement to the place
where such an event
is organised or at weaning;
whereas, when both eartags are removed at weaning, the
animals should be brand-marked at the same time;

(5) Whereas appropriate links among all the identification
elements used should be established in order to guar-
antee coherence and accuracy;

The present Regulation refers to bulls intended for cultural and
sporting events registered to the herd-books of the following
organisations:

(a) — ‘Asociación nacional de ganaderías de Lidia’,
— ‘Asociación de ganaderos de Lidia unidos’,
— ‘Agrupación española de reses bravas’,
— ‘Unión de criadores de toros de Lidia’,

regarding the breed raza bovina de Lidia, for animals born in
Spain;

(b) ‘Associação de Criadores de Toiros de Lide regarding the

breed Brava for animals born in Portugal’;

(c) ‘Association des éleveurs Français de taureaux de combat’
regarding the breed Brave or de combat and ‘Association des
éleveurs de la Raço di biou’ regarding the breed Camargue
or Raço di biou, for animals born in France (including any
crossbreeds of these).

Article 2

The animals defined in Article 1 shall be subject to the

1.
special provisions set out in paragraphs 2 to 5.

The competent authority shall choose one of

2.
following means of marking the animals:
— two plastic eartags;
— one or two metallic eartags together with brand marking;
— one plastic eartag together with brand marking;

the

3.
The competent authority may remove the eartags from
animals destined to such events prior to movement to the place
where such an event is organised or at weaning. When both
eartags are removed at weaning, the animals shall be brand-
marked at the same time.

In any case,

the keeper of such animals shall be in
4.
the two eartags complying with the current
possession of
Community legislation. When such animals are subject
to
intra-Community trade, those two eartags shall be attached to
them or shall accompany them during any movement.

5.
Appropriate links among all the identification elements
used shall be established in order to guarantee coherence and
accuracy.

(6) Whereas as bulls intended for cultural and sporting
events may be reared in other Member States too, these
special provisions should apply to all Member States,

Article 3

(1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission