transponder - a mobile radio frequency identification memory consisting of memory,a transmitter and a receiver in a plastic housing unit or plastic card
For the purposes of Article 34 (1): (a) captive born and bred birds shall be marked in accordance with paragraph 5, or, where the competent management authority is satisfied that this method can, because of the physical or behavioural properties of the animal, not be applied, by means of uniquely numbered microchip transponders; (b) live vertebrates other than captive born and bred birds shall be marked by means of uniquely numbered microchip transponders, or, where the competent management authority is satisfied that this method cannot, because of the physical or behavioural properties of the specimen/species, be applied, the specimens concerned shall be marked by means of uniquely numbered rings, bands, tags, tattoos and the like, or be made identifiable by any other appropriate means.
