Identification

Basics

The basic objectives for EU rules on the identification of animals are:

• The localisation and tracing of animals for veterinary purposes, which is of crucial importance for the control of infectious diseases
• Where applicable, the traceability of meat for animal and public health reasons and the management and supervision of livestock premiums

There are a number of additional benefits to animal identification and traceability. To know more, watch the video.

TR@CES: Animal traceability Languages available: English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Russian, English (English subtitle), Italiano (Italiano subtitle)

Animal traceability is supported by TRACES - Trade Control and Expert System. To know more, watch the video.

TRACES: protecting consumers, facilitating trade Languages available: English, Français, Deutsch, Espanol, Português, Russian

Detailed provisions are in place defining different systems of identification and registration. Depending on the individual needs of the different species, those systems include several elements like visual or electronic identifiers, registers or passports.

Definitions