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"en.20120910.22.1-069-000"2
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"Madam President, I have serious concerns with regard to the bovine EID proposal. I have stood before this Parliament many times to decry sheep EID. I hope the Commission has learned from their incompetent handling of electronic ID tags in the past, with which there are still many problems.
It is essential that, if the scheme is introduced, it must be on a voluntary basis and is not, as some Members of this Parliament urge, subject to a report in five years to consider compulsory EID of bovine animals. The UK cattle ID system works perfectly well, so the choice to upgrade should be an individual decision based on working preferences. It should be made without fear of penalty under cross-compliance if equipment is subject to error.
Sheep tagging brought a host of problems that persecuted British farmers whose equipment was especially vulnerable to the elements. Cattle in the UK are often out to grass for at least six months, so tag loss is inevitable. There is a crisis in the dairy industry in the UK, while the beef market is only just seeing a small recovery after years of being in the red. Both are subject to pressures from rising feed cost and cheaper foreign imports. If the Commission makes a shambles of bovine tagging, the industry will be brought to its knees."@en1
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