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Article 12Configuration of the identification code of kept bovine, ovine, caprine, camelid and cervid animals#
The identification code of kept bovine, ovine, caprine, camelid and cervid animals shall be as follows:
(a)the first element of the identification code shall be the country code of the Member State where the means of identification was first applied to the animals, in the format of either:
(i)the two-letter code in accordance with ISO standard 3166-1 alpha-2, except for Greece, for which the two-letter code ‘EL’ shall be used, and for the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, for which the two-letter code ‘XI’ shall be used; or
(ii)the three-digit country code in accordance with ISO standard 3166-1 numeric, except for the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, for which ‘899’ shall be used;
(b)the second element of the identification code shall be a unique code for each animal not exceeding 12 numeric characters.
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