Maen nhw wedi cyflwyno datganiad ysgrifenedig i Senedd Ewrop (tebyg i Gynnig Cynnar–yn–y–dydd yn San Steffan) yn galw ar wneud EID i ddefaid yn wirfoddol ac nid yn orfodol ac maent yn gofyn i Aelodau Senddol eraill i’w lofnodi.
Wrth siarad o Frwsel cyn y lansiad, dywedodd yr ASE Plaid Cymru:
"Mae Ffermwyr yn dweud yn glir wrtha i eu bod yn gwrthwynebu’r cynllun i wneud tagio defaid yn orfodol, yn llwyr.
"Byddai’r cynllun yn golygu cost anferth i’w weithredu ac felly’n anymarferol ar gyfer y 41% o ffermydd yng Nghymru sydd yn ffermydd defaid. Ymddengys bod gan y dechnoleg a ddefnyddir ar gyfer EID nifer o wallau; mae treialon wedi dangos bod nifer o anawsterau ynghlwm wrth weithredu’r sustem Technoleg Gwybodaeth mewn amgylchiadau tywydd gwahanol; amgylchiadau fyddai’n profi i fod llawer yn fwy heriol yn ffermwyr ucheldirol Cymru.
"Mae’r cynllun yma’n anymarferol ac yn ddiangen.
"Mae’r undebau ffermio Cymreig hefyd yn gwrthwynebu’r cynllun yma ac rwy’n gobeithio wrth gael eu cefnogaeth a chefnogaeth Aelodau Senefddol Ewropeaidd eraill ar y mater yma, byddwn yn gallu danfon neges glir i‘r Comisiwn."
Yn Senedd Ewrop, mae angen i ddatganiad ysgrifenedig gael ei lofnodi gan fwyafrif yr aelodau o fewn tri mis er mwyn iddo gael ei gofnodi yn y cofnodion swyddogol fel safbwynt y Senedd ac i gyfathrebu hyn gyda sefydliadau perthnasol eraill yr Undeb Ewropeaidd.
Diwedd.
NODIADAU:
Testun y datganiad ysgrifenedig:
WRITTEN DECLARATION
pursuant to Rule 116 of the Rules of Procedure
by Alyn Smith, Jill Evans, Mairead McGuinness, James Nicholson and Neil Parish
on the electronic identification system for sheep (EID)
Lapse date: 4.12.2008
0068/2008
Written declaration on the electronic identification system for sheep (EID)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Rule 116 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas sheep and goat farming is important to the social, environmental and economic fabric of the EU,
B. whereas the sheep sector is in decline owing to lack of prosperity; whereas the next generation is reluctant to enter sheep production; and whereas, if this is left to continue, the skills base will be lost,
1. Calls on the Commission to recognise that batch recording and movement standstills of sheep are more cost-effective forms of protection from disease spread than EID and individual movement recording;
2. Calls on the Commission to recognise that producer incomes in the sheep sector are characteristically low and that the implementation of EID will result in a significant cost to a sector that can ill afford a further regulatory burden;
3. Calls on the Commission to make sheep EID voluntary but not mandatory;
4. Calls on the Commission to recognise that the implementation of EID and individual recording of sheep will affect the competitiveness of the EU sheep sector on the world market;
5. Calls on the Commission to recognise that there are significant practical problems that prevent the effective operation of EID in extensive livestock systems and within climatic conditions commonly experienced in northern Europe;
6. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Council, the Commission and the parliaments and governments of the Member States.
