Member States Information
In accordance with Articles 4 (5), 12 (4), 23 (3) and (4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008, each Member State shall make certain information available to the other Member States and the public on a website. In addition, this national website may also contain information in relation to Articles 5 (6), 7 (2) and 14 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008.
In order to assist the Member States in making such information available, the Commission provides this website with the links to the relevant national websites.
The information concerns in particular: issuing bodies for equine passports, alternative methods for identity verification, central databases, contact points, time limits for the identification of equidae, derogations for equidae under wild or semi-wild conditions and smart cards.
EU regulation
Please find here the EU regulation 504/2008.
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(32) The Universal Equine Life Number (UELN) system has
been agreed worldwide between the major horsebreeding
and competition organisations. It has been
developed on the initiative of the World Breeding
Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH), the International
Stud Book Committee (ISBC), the World Arabian Horse
Organization (WAHO), the European Conference of
Arabian Horse Organisations (ECAHO), the Conférence
Internationale del’Anglo-Arabe (CIAA), the Fédération
Equestre Internationale (FEI) and the Union Européenne
du Trot (UET) and information on this system can be
consulted on the UELN website (7).
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(33) The UELN system is suitable for the registration of both
registered equidae and equidae for breeding and
production and allows computerised networks to be
brought in gradually to ensure that the animals’
identity can continue to be verified in accordance with
Article 6 of Directive 90/427/EEC in the case of
registered equidae.
(34) When codes are assigned to databases, those codes and
the format of the recorded identification numbers of
individual animals should in no way conflict with the
established UELN system. Therefore, the list of assigned
UELN codes should be consulted before any new code is
assigned to a database.
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(d) ‘unique life number’ means a unique 15-digit alphanumeric
code compiling information on the individual equine animal
and the database and country where such information is
first recorded in accordance with the coding system of the
Universal Equine Life Number (UELN) and comprising:
(i) a six-digit UELN-compatible identification code for the
database referred to in Article 21(1); followed by
(ii) a nine-digit individual identification number assigned to
the equine animal.
