Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1064 of 28 June 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/520 with regard to the configuration of the animal identification code for the traceability of certain kept terrestrial animals for the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland (Text with EEA relevance)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/520 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: ‘This Regulation lays down rules for Member States concerning: (2) in Article 12, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(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;’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.