Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress her Department has made on changes to sheep electronic identification regulations.
In December 2011, DEFRA secured a change to the EU regulations on sheep electronic identification (EID) to delay, for three years, the requirement to include individual ear tag numbers on movement documents for older animals which are not required to be electronically identified. This change will save keepers between £5 million and £14.5 million.
Further changes to the EU legislation are not anticipated in the near future.
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