The European Parliament adopted by 633 votes to 13, with 9 abstentions, a legislative resolution approving, under the consultation procedure, the amended proposal for a Council directive on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (codified version).
The text was approved in accordance with the opinion of Consultative Working Party, consisting of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, which confirmed that the proposal is a straightforward codification of existing texts, without any change in their substance.