European Parliament 22 October 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2971/02 by Christa Prets (PSE) to the Commission. Directorate-General for Employment and Social Policy.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission (12 November 2002) The rules for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) monitoring are laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), as last amended by Commission