The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) said the requirement will apply to all cattle, pigs, sheep and goats brought into NI from Britain since the beginning of January.
In order to comply with entry requirement rules, livestock breeders in England, Scotland and Wales will be required under EU legislation to use the official International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) two-letter country code ‘GB’ on tags, for livestock moving to Northern Ireland and EU member states. NI will retain its UK 9 and UK 17 prefix on cattle and sheep tags.
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