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"Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur for the good cooperation that we have had during the debate on this particular issue. I can say in the end that we share the same view on bovine EID and voluntary beef labelling. I thank her for the hard work she did on the dossier.
I support the introduction of electronic identification for bovine animals on a voluntary basis because this is the best way forward at this time. Maybe at some time in the future, we can return and revisit this, but at this time, this is the way we should go, and not on a mandatory basis, as some have suggested.
I am in favour, however, of the principle of EID for cattle because it could be a good thing in the long term. We did see the problems we faced when it was mandatory in the sheep sector, which is still leaving many sheep farmers with massive problems, especially in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and I am sure in other countries as well.
This was not perfected so I certainly look forward to it improving with cattle. We have to adopt the right technology to compete with those outside the European Union if we are going to be competitive in the world market."@en1
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