Act on livestock identification and registration. Country/Territory Poland Document type Legislation Date 2022 (2023) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Journal of Laws 2022 Pos. 2727 Subject Livestock Keyword Basic legislation Cattle Equine-animals Registration Marking/identification Inspection Offences/penalties Animal production Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 6 January 2023. Abstract This Act lays down the competence of the authorities in the field of identification and registration of animals and other issues related to identification and registration of animals. The present Act is composed of the following eight Sections: General provisions (sect. 1); Computer database (sect. 2); Registration of places where animals are kept, where eggs are kept, where animal carcasses are processed and burned (sect. 3); Identification means, ear tags containing individual sow identification numbers and electronic cards (sect. 4); Identification and registration of animals (sect. 5); Supervision and control in the field of animal identification and registration (sect. 6); Penalty and criminal provisions (sect. 7); Changes in provisions (sect. 8); Transitional, adaptive and final provisions (sect. 9). Full text Polish Website isap.sejm.gov.pl References - Legislation Implements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ("Animal Health Law"). Legislation | European Union | 2016 (2018) Keyword: Aquaculture, Internal trade, International trade, Fish products, Business/industry/corporations, Fish disease, Traceability/product tracing, Quarantine, Animal health, Food quality control/food safety, Basic legislation, Pests/diseases, Early warning system, Livestock water use, Data collection/reporting, Certification, Animal welfare, Drugs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for establishments keeping terrestrial animals and hatcheries, and the traceability of certain kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs. Legislation | European Union | 2019 Keyword: Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Equine-animals, Traceability/product tracing, Registration, Animal health, Poultry, Drugs, Keeping of live animals, Wild fauna Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Act on livestock identification and registration. Legislation | Poland | 2004 (2008) Keyword: Cattle, Equine-animals, Registration, Marking/identification, Inspection, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Regulation on requirements for a poultry establishment after meeting which the operator of a poultry establishment is obliged to submit notifications to the computer database. Legislation | Poland | 2022 Keyword: Poultry, Registration, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the detailed scope of information contained in the computer database. Legislation | Poland | 2022 Keyword: Cattle, Sheep/goats, Herd book, Swine, Equine-animals, Camelids, Poultry, Slaughtering, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on model means of identification for cattle, sheep and goats, swine, cervids, camelids and equines, and detailed technical specifications of these means. Legislation | Poland | 2022 Keyword: Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Equine-animals, Camelids, Marking/identification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the model of the cattle passport. Legislation | Poland | 2022 Keyword: Access-to-information, Cattle, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX