Act concerning a system for the identification of animals (No. 238 of 2010). Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Traceability/product tracing Animal health Transport/storage Registration Data collection/reporting Inspection Offences/penalties Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act provides rules for the identification of animals that do not occur naturally in the wild. The Food Safety Authority shall act as controller of records in the system of animal identification, but may delegate functions to other public bodies. The Act sets out the information that shall be registered. Such information shall be provided in electronic form by animal keepers and animal brokers. Places where animals are kept shall be registered. The Act also provides for the marking and tagging of animals and inspections and other control measures. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Implements Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Equine-animals, Marking/identification, Internal trade, International trade, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Animal by-products, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health, Internal trade, International trade, Transport/storage, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources, Organic waste, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC. Legislation | European Union | 2003 Keyword: Animal production, Sheep/goats, Marking/identification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97. Legislation | European Union | 2000 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Cattle, Animal reproduction, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Animal Protection Act (No. 247 of 1996). Legislation | Finland | 1996 (2011) Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree No. 720 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the identification of swine (No. 720 of 2012). Legislation | Finland | 2012 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Traceability/product tracing, Animal health, Marking/identification, Swine, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Inspection, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry concerning the identification of aquaculture animals (533/2011). Legislation | Finland | 2011 Keyword: Aquaculture, Mariculture, Fish disease, Registration, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Act concerning the identification and registration of animals (No. 1069 of 2021). Legislation | Finland | 2021 Keyword: Registration, Data collection/reporting, Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing, Transport/storage, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX