On 1 December 2006, the Commission presented a proposal for a Council Directive codifying Council Directive 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977 on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species.
In its opinion of 20 December 2006 the Consultative Working Party of the legal services set up under the Interinstitutional Agreement on an accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts stated that the proposal does indeed confine itself to straightforward codification, without any substantive changes to the acts covered by it.
Having regard to the amendment adopted in respect of the proposal and in view of the work already carried out in the Council thereon, the Commission has decided to present an amended proposal for codification of the Directive in question.
The amendments are of a technical nature, and include the re-numbering of clauses and a provision that Member States shall keep up to date a list of bodies which are officially recognised for the purpose of maintaining or establishing herd-books and make it available to the other Member States and to the public.
The European Parliament is consulted again on this amended proposal (reconsultation).