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Record-keeping obligations of operators of establishments other than germinal products establishments Operators of establishments subject to the requirement of registration in accordance with Article 93, or approval in accordance with Article 97(1), shall keep and maintain records containing at least the following information: the species, categories, number and, where applicable, identification of kept terrestrial animals on their establishment; movements of kept terrestrial animals into and out of their establishment, stating as appropriate: their place of origin or destination; the date of such movements; the documents required to accompany kept terrestrial animals arriving at or leaving their establishment in accordance with point (b) of Article 112, point (b) of Article 113(1), point (c) of Article 114(1), point (b) of Article 115, point (b) of Article 117, Article 143(1) and (2), Article 164(2) and any rules adopted pursuant to Articles 118 and 120 and points (b) and (c) of Article 144(1); mortality of kept terrestrial animals on their establishment; biosecurity measures, surveillance, treatments, test results and other relevant information as appropriate for:

the species and categories of kept terrestrial animals in the establishment; the type of production; the type and size of the establishment; the results of any animal health visits required in accordance with Article 25(1). The records shall be kept and maintained in paper or electronic form. Operators of establishments shall keep the records provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 on their establishment concerned and shall: make them immediately available to the competent authority on request; retain them for a minimum period to be prescribed by the competent authority, which may not be less than three years. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, operators may be exempted from the obligation to keep records of some or all of the matters provided for in paragraph 1 when the operator concerned: has access to the computerised database referred to in Article 109 for the relevant species and the database already contains the information to be included in the records; and has the up–to–date information entered directly into the computerised database.