8 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the transport time of animals destined for slaughter or fattening be limited to eight hours, taking account of transport conditions and loading time, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the often lengthy delays at the external borders and the increased pain and distress for animals that they cause; calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve this situation, in particular by establishing places where animals can be unloaded and supplied with food and water, and by introducing systematic veterinary checks;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that enforcement is particularly difficult when different Member States are responsible for approving journey logs; calls on all those Member States which discover breaches to notify the other Member States involved, as required by Regulation 1/2005, and to enter data on the identity and registration of the transporter in a file which can be consulted by all the inspection bodies of each Member State;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the total number of checks carried out by national competent authorities pursuant to Regulation 1/2005 has fallen, despite the number of consignments in the EU containing live animals having increased; calls on the Member States to ensure adequatedo their utmost to step up controls foron live animal transport and to provide for severe penalties for non- compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to offer incentives to farmers to slaughter their animals at the nearestand Member States to encourage slaughter as close as possible to farmers, in particular by developing mobile slaughter facility, in order to prevent lengthy animal transportation times; calls on the Commission to present innovative solutions in this regard;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to find appropriate solutions in order to give preference to the import and export of carcasses rather than the import and export of live animals;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that many livestock vessels should not have been approved as they are not fit to carry animals; calls on the Member States not to approve or renew the approval of livestock vessels that do not meet the requirements of Regulation 1/2005 and to require ship owners whose vessels are unsuitable to make the necessary changes to render them suitable for the transport of animals;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to align sanction levels in the case of breaches, as these and to make them more stringent, instituting suspension of the carrier’s Community licence as the most serious penalty available, as penalties can be more than 10 times higher in some Member States than in others.