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Notify the keeping of animals in a holding facility in an EU Member State or in a third country
Would you like to market food with the animal husbandry label directly in Germany? Then you need an identification number. With the identification number, another food company can also apply for labeling.
Online services & Forms
Online services
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Contact form of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) - EnglishYou can use the contact form to upload your application and all the necessary documents.
Forms
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Disclosure of animal husbandry facilities of a foreign establishment pursuant to Article 25 (1), (2) of the German Act on Animal Husbandry Labelling (TierHaltKennzG)
The form is used to request identification numbers for animal husbandry facilities of foreign establishments. If the owner of an establishment has provided evidence that the listed husbandry facility meets the requirements, the BLE must assign an identification number to this husbandry facility.
You can print out the application and send it by post or upload it online via the contact form with all supporting documents as a PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG.
This form can be submitted electronically without signature (e.g. via a secure contact form or by e-mail) or in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Notification of husbandry facilities on a foreign farm in accordance with Section 25 (1, 2) of the Animal Husbandry Labeling Act (TierHaltKennzG)
The form is used to request identification numbers for livestock facilities of foreign livestock farms. If you, as the owner of a livestock farm, can prove that your livestock facility meets the requirements, the BLE will issue an identification number for this livestock facility.
You can print out the application and send it by post or upload it online using the contact form with all the supporting documents as a PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG.
This form can be submitted electronically without signature (e.g. via a secure contact form or by e-mail) or in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung - Referat 524 - Tierwohl, Fleisch, Fleischerzeugnisse
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Procedure details
Description
If you run a livestock farm based in another EU country or in a third country, you can obtain an identification number from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), which shows how the animals are kept.
With this identification number, another food company that sells food produced from your animals in Germany can apply for voluntary animal husbandry labeling, which provides end consumers with information about the way the animals are kept. Alternatively, you can use the identification number to sell your food by way of direct marketing with animal husbandry labeling.
Your business can receive an identification number if you keep fattening pigs. When registering, you must state, for example
- The way the animals are kept
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Housing facilities with
- Location plans if there are several housing facilities
- Information on the usable floor area
- Information on the number of animals kept
- Details of the authority that monitors animal welfare requirements
The identification number is made up of
- the identifier for the type of husbandry,
- a unique identification number for the farm
- a consecutive number for the husbandry facility and
- an identifier for the period of validity.
The identification number is issued for a period of 2 years.
You can submit the application in German or English.
Requirements
- You have a livestock farm in another EU country or in a third country and have not yet received an identification number from the BLE.
Required documents
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Required Documents
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Notification with
- Name and address of the livestock holding
- Name and address of the owner of the livestock farm
- if available, registration number
- Details of the holding facility. If there are several livestock facilities, details of all facilities and enclose a site plan
- Details of the authority responsible for monitoring compliance with animal welfare regulations
- Information on the farming method of the animals from which the food is obtained
- Size of the unrestricted floor area of the housing facility
- Number of animals kept in the facility
- Declaration that the facility complies with the requirements for the notified farming method
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Suitable evidence, for example
- official certificates
- Participation in a state animal welfare label
- certificates from accredited inspection bodies
- corresponding certificate for the "organic" form of husbandry
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Notification with
Proceedings
The notification to obtain the identification number can be requested online via the contact form or in writing by post from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE).
- Open the application form.
- You can complete the form digitally or print it out and complete it by hand.
- If you complete the form digitally, you do not need to sign it by hand.
Application by post:
- If you have not already done so, print out the form and send it to the BLE with the required documents and evidence.
Application as an upload:
- You save the completed notification as a PDF.
- You name the files with documents according to their content.
- Open the BLE contact form in the desired language.
- Enter all the necessary information in the contact form. Select "Process-related" as the type of request.
- In the "Subject" field, enter "Notification of a holding facility" as the reason for the message.
- In the "Your message" field, state the number of attached files and, if possible, number them so that they can be assigned more easily.
- Up to 10 attachments with a maximum of 10 MB are possible. If there are more files with more MB, please fill out the contact form again.
- You upload the document with the required documents and evidence.
The BLE will check the application and contact you if anything is unclear or if any information or evidence is missing.
If the information and documents are complete, you will receive an identification number for each registered holding facility within 2 months.
Fees
There are no fees.
Deadlines
The identification number is valid for 2 years.
Processing time
The BLE will inform you of the identification number within 2 months. (2 Monate)
Special notes
There are no indications or special features.
Legal bases
Appeal
- Objection within one year
Related links
Related issues
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Animal husbandry labeling; application for extension of approval for voluntary labeling of foreign foodstuffs
If you are a food business operator based outside Germany and sell fresh pork in Germany for final consumption, you can label the products with the way in which the animals are kept. You must have this permit renewed after 2 years.
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Applying for an extension of the identification number of a type of husbandry
Do you have a livestock business abroad and have already received an identification number? Then you can have it extended after 2 years if you need it again.
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Apply for voluntary labeling of foreign food with the animal husbandry system
If, as a foreign food business, you sell fresh pork in Germany for final consumption that has been wholly or partly produced abroad, you can label it with the farming method of the animals. You need a permit for this.
Status: 25.09.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Heimat
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