Health problems: intra-Community trade of bovine animals and swine (amend. Directive 64/432/EEC)

PURPOSE : to establish a system of identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and the creation of computer databases, for bovine and porcine animals and to store information on animals and their movements. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2000/15/EC of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine. CONTENT : in order to ensure the operation of the national computer databases concerning porcine animal, appropriate rules of application, including the information that the national databases must contain, shall be adopted. Furthermore, those Member States which have not introduced an approved surveillance network system shall ensure that a computer database complying with the provision laid down in Article 14 is fully operational as follows: a) for bovine animals from 31.12.1999; b) for a register of holdings of porcine animals from 31.12.2000; c) for movements of porcine animals: - from their holding of birth by 31.12.2001; - from all other holdings by 31.12.2002. There shall be an entry in the database for each separate movement of porcine animals. The entry shall comprise at least the following: the number of porcine animals being moved, the identification number of the holding or herd of departure, the identification number of the holding of arrival and the departure and arrival dates. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 03.05.2000.�