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Member States shall ensure that the following general principles are respected: identification marks must be applied before animals leave the holding of birth; no mark may be removed or replaced without the permission of the competent authority. Where a mark has become illegible or has been lost, a new mark shall be applied in accordance with this Article; the keeper shall record any new mark in the register referred to in Article 4 in order to establish a link with the previous mark applied to the animal.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.