Written question asked by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 April 2003. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis was for the statement in her Department's news release of 27th March, that any option other than passports for all horses would have resulted in under implementation of the EU legislation.

Answer: Mr. Cameron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the evidential basis was for the statement in her Department's news release of 27 March, that any option other than passports for all horses would have resulted in under implementation of the EU legislation. [109317] Alun Michael: The requirement is set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 2000/68/EC, which must be read in conjunction with Commission Decision 93/ 623/EC.

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