New rules of identification and registration of sheep and goats.

The month of December of each year is established as a mandatory deadline to submit said information..

The Department of agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Waters of the Government of the Canary Islands has published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC) the identification and registration standards for goats and sheep in the Archipelago. This is a series of mandatory measures established by European and state legislation for these species..

As indicated in the text of the Resolution, The communication by the farmers must include the declaration of the owner of the holding signed and dated, with check-in, where all the data provided in the lists of deregistrations and additions produced on the farm in the last year are declared true..

This last document must contain the REGA exploitation code, individual animal identification code, species, race, sex, date of birth and date of identification of the animal. This information will also be transmitted in a spreadsheet or TXT type computer file.

Likewise, theistatus of casualties produced on the farm due to death in the same in the last year, including the REGA exploitation code, individual identification code of the animal and date on which its death occurred.

Equally, The information will also be transferred in a spreadsheet or TXT computer file.. The computer files will be sent to the General Directorate of Livestock via email, being transferred to the Database once the documentation presented in registration is received.

As indicated in the Resolution, is set as mandatory deadline to present such information the month of December of each year, regardless of whether ranchers can make other voluntary declarations throughout the year. To have access to complete information, it is recommended to consult the BOC del 20 August 2015.

The update of said individual identification system is determining factor for the correct management and payment of community aid aimed at the goat and sheep subsectors, included in the Community Program to Support Agricultural Productions in the Canary Islands (POSEI).