62 Amendments of Anja HAZEKAMP related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the request made to the Conference of Presidents by 220 MEPs on 7 February 2018 to establish a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on the welfare of animals during transport within and outside the EU;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU, as laid down in Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, considers animals not just as goods or products or possessions, but as sentient and conscious beings, meaning that they are capable of feeling pleasure and pain; whereas EU legislation has translated this notion into measures which should ensure that animals are kept and transported under conditions that do not subject them to stress, maltreatment, abuse, pain or suffering;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that Regulation 1/20051 hasshould hadve a positive impact on the welfare of animals during transport; welcomes the Commission's guidelines on the subject, but notes that severe problems still persist and, with a view to animal welfare, should minimise the long-distance transport of animals, including animals for slaughter; welcomes the Commission's guidelines on the subject, but considers it unacceptable that, contrary to the Regulation, severe problems still exist during the transport of animals inside and outside the EU; observes that enforcement of the regulation would appear to be the primary concern of those involved in its implementation; _________________ 1 Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1).
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas every year millions of animals are transported across Member States and to third countries over long distances to be bred, fattened or slaughtered;
Amendment 13 #
1a. Stresses that the suffering of animals during transport is causing great social concern and outrage; notes that, on 21 September 2017, the European Commission received over 1 million signatures in support of the # StopTheTrucks campaign, in which European citizens call for an end to long- distance transport;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that animal transport is one of the biggest problems in intensive livestock farming; considers it necessary, therefore, to significantly reduce the number of animals bred and slaughtered in the EU;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport is stressful for animals as it exposes them to a range of challenges for hourdeleterious to their welfare for hours or even days at a time; whereas, as regards trade with third countries, additional animal suffering is caused by very long journeys including long stops at borders for checking documents, vehicles and animals;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation considers intensive livestock farming responsible for almost a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions and that a drastic reduction in livestock numbers is therefore necessary to combat climate change adequately;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that diminished animal product consumption will reduce the number of live animal transport operations; stresses that this will also benefit the environment and public health and be a key factor in combating climate change;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Points out that animal transport is a threat to animal and public health, being one of the main causes of the rapid spread of animal diseases, including those transmissible to humans; notes that, in order to prevent the spread of animal diseases, a radical change in animal husbandry methods in Europe is necessary, together with the elimination long-distance transport; calls on the Member States, in the event of an outbreak of a contagious animal disease in another Member State, to impose an immediate moratorium on imports of live animals;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. InsistUrges that the transport time of animals destined for slaughter be limited to eighttwo hours, taking account of transport conditions and loading time, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DeploresIs deeply concerned at the often lengthy delays at borders and the increased pain and distress for animals that they cause; calls on the Member States and , which is a fundamental breach of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005; calls on the Commission, to improve this situationherefore, to stop allowing animal transport from the EU to Turkey;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the transport of meat and other animal products is technically easier and ethically more rational than the transport of live animals for the sole purpose of being slaughteredslaughter, but it is ethically more rational and sustainable to promote vegetarian eating;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that enforcement is particularly difficult when animals are transported through different Member States and 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;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, as long ago as 2012, the ‘8 hours campaign’ presented 1.1 million signatures of EU citizens to the Commission, calling for the maximum journey time for livestock to be limited to 8 hours, and whereas the European Parliament also called in 2012 for journey times to be reduced to a maximum of 8 hours;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Stresses that the suffering of animals during transport causes great distress and outrage in society, and notes that on 21 September 2017 the Commission received over one million signatures for the # StopTheTrucks campaign in which European citizens called for an end to long-distance journeys;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)
Regards animal transport as one of the biggest problems in intensive livestock farming, and therefore considers it necessary to substantially reduce the number of animals bred and killed in the EU;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 c (new)
Subheading 1 c (new)
Stresses that the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation considers intensive livestock farming responsible for almost a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions and that a drastic reduction in livestock numbers is therefore necessary to combat climate change adequately;
Amendment 82 #
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; stresses that transport poses risks to animal welfare and that meticulous checks are essential to ensure the welfare of animals during transport; calls on the Member States to ensure adequatemuch more stringent controls for live animal transport, as well as the presence of a veterinarian during such controls;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 d (new)
Subheading 1 d (new)
Notes that a decrease in consumption of animal products will reduce the number of transport operations involving live animals and stresses that this will also make a positive contribution to the environment and public health and is a key factor in combating climate change;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 e (new)
Subheading 1 e (new)
Points out that animal transport is a threat to animal and human health because transport is one of the main causes of the rapid spread of animal diseases, including animal diseases which can be transmitted to humans, and stresses that in order to prevent the spread of animal diseases, the animal husbandry system in Europe should be drastically changed and long-distance journeys should be eliminated;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 f (new)
Subheading 1 f (new)
Calls on the Member States, in the event of an outbreak of a contagious animal disease in another Member State, to impose an immediate moratorium on imports and exports of live animals;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 g (new)
Subheading 1 g (new)
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and transporters to strictly abide byStresses that the Court of Justice's ruling which concluded that Regulation 1/2005 should apply to cases of exports to non-EU countries2 ; calls on the Member States to carry out further and that the protection of animal welfare does not end at EU external borders2 ; notes, however, that it will not be possible to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 regarding exports of animals to countries outside the EU if, for reasons of animal welfare, the long-distance transport of animals, including animals for slaughter, must be kept to a minimum; calls on the Commission, therefore, to stop allowing animals to be transported to non-EU countrolsies and to end the import and transit through the EU of animals being transported from the United States to Asia for example; _________________ 2 Judgement of the Court of Justice of 23 April 2015, Zuchtvieh-Export GmbH v Stadt Kempten, C-424/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:259.
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that Australia has drastically reduced the number of live animals transported to Asia and the Middle East; calls on the European Commission to follow this example and to do everything possible to prevent any increase in the transport of live animals from the EU to Asia and the Middle East as a result of Australia’s decision;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to offer incentives to farmers to slaughand the Member States to oblige farmers to breed and fattern their own animals and slaughter them at the nearest slaughter facility in order to prevent lengthy animaland limit the number of transport operations times; calls on the Commissiono a maximum of two per animal life in order to presvent innovative solutions in this regardlengthy and numerous animal transport operations;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the systematic breach of the Regulation by Member States seriously harms animal welfare, but also leads to unfair competition resulting in an uneven playing field between operators in the different Member States;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Commission ignored Parliament’s resolution of 12 December 2012, and emphasises that stronger and harmonised enforcement with effective and dissuasive penalties is central to improving animal welfare during transport; further regrets that the Commission ignored the call made on itcalls on the Commission to act on the call in that resolution to check the Regulation for incompatibilities with legal requirements in individual Member States;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to align sanction levels in the case of breaches to the highest level, as these can be more than 10 times highlower in some Member States than in others.; and takes the view that, if transporters commit welfare infringements, their authorisation should be revoked;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that repeated infringements should lead to prosecution, penalties including the confiscation of vehicles, and compulsory retraining of those responsible for the welfare and transport of animals;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that calves may be transported from 14 days of age; considers that it is impossible to meet the needs of very young animals during transport, such as the natural need of calves to suckle from their mothers, and therefore calls on the Commission to put an end to this practice;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the strong enforcement powers given to Member States under the Regulation; calls on the Member States to make use of them, including the power to require transporters to establish systems to prevent the recurrence of breaches and to suspend or withdraw a transporter’s authorisation when infringements have been committed;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Advocates the establishment of a kilometre-based tax on animal transport in order to reduce the number of transport operations per animal;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for the provision of a GPS tracking system, regardless of transport length;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission, in the light of these systematic issues of compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, on the one hand to establish effective monitoring of compliance with the Regulation at all levels in all Member States and, on the other, to immediately launch the necessary investigations into possible breaches thereof and to initiate infringement proceedings against the Member States responsible;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Calls on the Commission to address vigorously the lack of enforcement by Member States and to ensure that there is no corruption in connection with enforcement powers;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on the Commission to report annually to Parliament on its actions concerning the protection of animals during transport;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Regrets the decision taken by the Conference of Presidents, without a plenary vote in Parliament, not to set up a parliamentary committee of inquiry on the wellbeing of animals during transport inside and outside the EU, despite the requisite support of a large number of MEPs from different political groups; recommends therefore that Parliament set up a committee of inquiry on animal transport inside and outside the EU as from the beginning of the upcoming parliamentary term in order to properly investigate and monitor cruelty in animal transport;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission, in the light of systematic issues of compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, to immediately launch investigations into possible breaches thereof and to initiate infringement proceedings against the Member States responsible;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers it unacceptable that, 13 years after the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, many testimonies continue to emerge of animals transported, in violation of the provisions of the regulation, in appalling conditions, in inadequate and overcrowded means of transport, which causes unnecessary animal suffering;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to report annually to Parliament on its actions concerning the protection of animals during transport;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Points out that the most frequent violations of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 relate to overcrowded means of transport in which animals are transported with a serious lack of space, failure to comply with journey and resting times and the rules concerning breaks for watering and feeding of animals, insufficient litter and fodder, poor ventilation and watering systems, transport of animals at extreme temperatures and transport of animals which are entirely unfit for transport;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that, in its special report on animal welfare in the EU, the Court of Auditors also noted that the authorities of the Member States responsible for transport inspections were rarely using information from TRACES to target inspections, whereas it contains information and reporting tools of precisely the right kind to be used by the authorities to inspect the movement of animals in a targeted manner; calls on the Commission to solve the issue of certain restrictions on access rights for users in TRACES and to extend the rights to public access;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is concerned at the number of reports of inappropriate vehicles being used to transport live animals by both land and sea, and calls for the monitoring of such practices to be stepped up, but calls on the Member States above all not to authorise the use of vehicles and livestock vessels which do not comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, and to withdraw authorisations already issued in the event of non-compliance;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Advocates the establishment of a kilometre-based tax on animal transport in order to reduce the number of transport operations per animal;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 b (new)
Subheading 4 b (new)
Calls for livestock vehicles to be equipped with GPS tracking systems, regardless of the duration of transport;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 c (new)
Subheading 4 c (new)
Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige farmers to breed and fatten their own animals, slaughter them at the nearest slaughter facility and limit the number of transport operations to a maximum of two per animal life in order to prevent lengthy and numerous animal transport operations;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that the journey time for all animals being transported must be as short as possible, in line with recital 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, which states that ‘for reasons of animal welfare the transport of animals over long journeys … should be limited as far as possible’, and calls on the Commission, therefore, to amend Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 in such a way as to reduce the maximum transport time;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges that the transport time of animals destined for slaughter or breeding be limited to two hours, taking account of transport conditions and loading and unloading times, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to support, where needed, the construction of economically viable slaughter facilities within Member States so that animalscarry out rigorous and intensive inspections at slaughterhouses and, where Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 is found to be infringed, particularly in the case of infringement of the requirement to stun animals prior to slaughter, to apply severe sanctions in order to avoid unnecessary pain, distress and fear prior to slaughter if they are slaughtered as close as possible to their place of rearing;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to develop a strategy to shift from live transport to a meat-and-carcasses-only trade, given the environmental, animal welfare and at the same time to encourage consumption of vegetariand food safety impact of live animal transport, given the impact of intensive livestock farming on the environment, animal welfare and food safety;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)
Subheading 5 a (new)
Points out that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 provides that the temperature of the livestock car may not exceed 30°, but that, during transport, animals already suffer heat stress once the inside temperature reaches 25°, causing distress and exhaustion;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 b (new)
Subheading 5 b (new)
Calls on Member States to prohibit all long-distance animal transport during extreme weather conditions, especially when temperatures at the places of departure or destination or along the route are forecast to exceed 28°C, and also in freezing conditions or when the wind is very strong;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 c (new)
Subheading 5 c (new)
Calls on the Commission to end the transport of unweaned animals, such as calves just 14 days old, because it is impossible to meet the welfare requirements and needs of very young animals during transport, such as the need of calves to suckle from their mothers;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that Australia has drastically restricted the number of live animals transported to Asia and the Middle East; calls on the Commission to follow this example and to do everything possible to prevent any increase in the transport of live animals from the EU to Asia and the Middle East as a result of Australia’s decision;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned at persistent reports of animal welfare problems in third countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a shift towards the transport of meat or carcasses, instead of live animals, to third countriesshocked by the very long and stressful waiting times for animals at the EU’s external borders and the persistent reports of animal welfare problems in third countries and points out that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 is systematically being infringed as a result;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls forDeplores the failure to consistently and fully compliancey with the 2015 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-424/13, in which the Court ruled that, for the transport of animals involving a long journey commencing in EU territory and then continuing outside of it, the transporter, in order to be authorised to depart, must submit a true and accurate travel log for the purpose of verifying compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005; stresses that in practice animals are no longer protected by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 once they leave the EU and therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to prohibit the transport of animals outside the EU;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Deplores the factStresses that the standards practised by third countries are not as high as those within the EU; calls on the Commission to strengthen the existing requirements vis-à- vis the Union’s trading partners, especially regarding trade in animals, so that they are at least as stringent as EU standards;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that unlesslive animal transport standards injourneys to third countries are aligned with those of the EU, liveshould be forbidden, because in practice it is not possible to align animal transport journeys tostandards in third countries should be forbiddenwith those of the EU, and calls on the Commission to amend Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 so that this prohibition can be achieved;