12. Request for urgent procedure

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

- the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the date of introduction of electronic identification for ovine and caprine animals [COM(2007)0710 - C6-0448/2007 - 2007/0244(CNS)]

Reason for request:

The Commission report indicated that it was no longer possible to confirm the mandatory date of 1 January 2008 laid down in the regulation. Urgent procedure had been requested because an amendment to the proposal would need to be adopted by 1 January 2008 for the sake of legal certainty.

Parliament would take a decision on the request for urgent procedure at the beginning of the following day's sitting.