Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation).

This Regulation lays down rules on the identification of equines: (a) born in the European Union; or (b) released for free circulation in the European Union in accordance with the Union Customs Code. The European Union system for the identification of equines shall comprise the following elements: (a) a single lifetime identification document containing a narrative describing the equine animal and recording its marks; (b) a method of identity verification which (i) ensures an unequivocal link between the identification document and the equine animal for which it was issued, and (ii) shows that that equine animal has already undergone a process of identification; (c) a database recording the identification details relating to the equine animal for which the identification document was issued and to the keeper who submitted the application for the identification document.