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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8609
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

New sheep identification system adopted

Brussels, 17/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the Agriculture Ministers of the EU adopted the regulation establishing a new system for the identification and registration of sheep and goats, which will enter into force during the summer of 2005. Spain, Greece and Portugal voted against it, because they wanted Community funding to help operators bring in the new regime. The Commission pointed out that the new regulation on rural development allows them access to funding, depending on...

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