Mr. Philip Carroll:

I have a brief point on equivalence or the level playing field. If one is trading within the European Union, one has that. It is part and parcel of the mutual recognition of standards. One does not have it when trading internationally, which is one of the difficulties. First, permission is required from the importing country, which sets the standards it wants. We have seen that in the case of beef. It has taken many years to get that over the line and to negotiate those standards to get something that is somewhat equivalent to what one might want to export to other member states. As Mr. Healy said, the tradition of tagging did not exist in the past, but we face that standard now and must reach it. It is also interesting to note that Victoria in Australia, which is a large production area, has actually moved to mandatory electronic identification. A process is commencing there. I do not know precisely why that happened, but it is a clear indication of where they see the requirement in the marketplace.