European Parliament
President.
Question No 42 will not be replied to since its subject appears on the agenda of the present part-session.
Question No 43 by John Purvis 
Subject: Cost-benefit analysis of the identification and registration of sheep and goats
The Commission's proposal for a regulation on the identification and registration of sheep and goats is a cause of deep concern in Scotland. The manual scheme is both impractical and expensive for the Scottish sheep farming and processing industry, which is already struggling financially.
Since my enquiry in April
(1)
), has the Commission now carried out a cost-benefit analysis? Can the Commission tell me how much the introduction of this manual scheme will cost the sheep farming industry in Scotland, the UK and the EU?
Written reply of 8.4.2003.

