The following paragraph 4 is hereby added to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97: in derogation to point 1(a), the information provided for by the second and fifth indents of article 14, paragraph 3, point C.1 of Directive 64/432/EC is not compulsory for passports of bovine animals born before 1 January 1998. The derogation foreseen in this paragraph takes effect without prejudice to the obligation to mention the abovementioned pieces of information on passports of bovine animals born in the territory of a Member State where such a requirement is foreseen by its national rules. Member States shall communicate to each other and to the Commission the rules applied regarding the information mentioned in this paragraph.
1999-02-13