Originally from: Joyce
                        
Dr. Franz FISCHLER Member of the European Commission
– responsible for Agriculture, Rural Development and
Fisheries CAP reform: a long-term perspective for
sustainable development NFU – National Farmers' Union
Birmingham, 18 February 2003

http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=743906&messageid=30466

snip:

"Just like the NFU, I am all in favour of electronic
tagging, which will considerably simplify recording.
Electronic identification should be compulsory from
July 2006 but Member States, or indeed individual
farmers, have the option to introduce it earlier if
they want."