Brussels, 22/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a first reading on Tuesday 20 May, the European Parliament negotiated an agreement with the Council on the proposal to simplify regulation on meat production statistics and herds.
The proposal aims to bring all member state responsibilities into a single regulation on the updating, collection and transmission of data on this subject: number of animals (twice a year for pigs and bovines, once a year for sheep and goats; slaughter (once a month on the...