This Regulation is aimed at the proper and effective implementation of Regulation 820/97/EC with particular regard to the application of the minimum administrative sanctions linked to the system of identification and registration of bovines. As a matter of fact, Regulation 820/97/EC has been repealed by Regulation 1760/2000/EC. Subsequently, the latter is implemented by the present provisions.
Article 1 lays down the following sanctions: if one or more animals on a holding comply with none of the provisions laid down in article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 820/97, a restriction shall be imposed on movement of all animals to and from that holding; if the keeper of an animal cannot prove its identification within two working days, it shall be destroyed without delay under the supervision of the veterinary authorities, and without compensation from the competent authority. If a keeper does not pay the charge required, Member States may withhold or refuse the issue of passports to that keeper. Further restrictive sanctions are laid down in article 4.