Animal Health (Identification and Tracing) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 290/2023).

The Regulations provide for the discipline of bovine passports as required by Article 112 of Regulation EU 2016/429; the Minister may, for each bovine animal issue a passport or cause a passport to be issued in respect of the bovine; a person shall not have possession or control of a bovine– unless the person has possession or control of the passport for the bovine; a person shall not move a bovine unless the bovine is accompanied by its passport. In regard to ovine animals the Regulations establish that operator keeping an ovine referred to in Article 45(1) of Regulation 2019/2035 that is intended to be moved directly to a slaughterhouse shall ensure that in place of the requirements establish by Article 45(1) (conventional ear tag or conventional paster band) each ovine is identified by at least a single electronic identification device displaying the unique registration number of the establishment of birth of the animal, and the identification code of the animal. The Regulations also establish additional requirements of identification that must be respected by an operator of an establishment keeping a porcine referred to in Article 52(1) of Regulation 2019/2035.