Obligations of the competent authority as regards the issuing of identification documents for equidae born in the Union
Article 8
The zootechnical authority and the competent authority shall ensure that on their territory the issuing bodies under their respective responsibility: (a) issue identification documents which comply with the requirements provided for in Article 7(1), (2) and (3); (b) have the necessary systems in place to verify, when required by the competent authority, whether an identification document declared to be issued by them: (i) is unique, genuine and authentic; (ii) includes, where blank identification documents are printed on stock, a serial number printed at least on the pages containing Sections I, II and III of the identification document.