The two official means of identification allocated to one animal should bear the same identification code. However, during the initial phase of adjustment to the use of electronic identifiers as an official means of identification, it could not be excluded that, in certain cases, technical limitations related to the configuration of an animal’s original identification code could prevent the reproduction of that code on an electronic identifier.
Ba cheart go mbeadh an cód sainaitheantais céanna ar an dá mhodh oifigiúla sainaitheantais arna leithdháileadh ar aon ainmhí amháin Le linn na chéad chéime den oiriúnú ar úsáid na n-aitheantóirí leictreonacha mar mhodh oifigiúil sainaitheantais, áfach, ní fhéadfadh é a eisiamh i gcásanna áirithe, go bhféadfadh srianta teicniúla a bhaineann le cumraíocht cóid bunaidh sainaitheantais an ainmhí cosc a chur ar atáirgeadh an chóid sin ar aitheantóir leictreonach.