European Economic and Social Committee 27 January 1988, OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ON THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE CONCERNING PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS

28. 3. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 80/35 aspects as between those Member States with large herds and those Member States with small herds. Consideration should be given to developing a system whereby a Member State or region that is factually free from EBL could be declared as such without incurring the expense of testing 20 % of its herds as proposed.