28 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Aa. whereas Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport operations applies to the transport of all live vertebrate animals carried out within the Community;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas slaughtering animals as close as possible to where they were bred would be the best way to ensure their welfare;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas training and education of drivers to promote careful driving based on which types of animals are being transported would improve the welfare of animals during transport1a; _________________ 1a https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal /pub/1966
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas proper animal handling may result in reduced time to load and unload animals, reduced weight loss, fewer injuries and wounds and better meat quality;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas fitness for transportation is a major factor in ensuring animal welfare during transport, as welfare risks during transport are greater for animals which are injured, weakened, pregnant, unweaned or sick;
Amendment 31 #
D. whereas fitness for transportation is a major factor in ensuring animal welfare during transport, as welfare risks during transport are greater for animals which are injured, pregnant or sick;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the quality and the frequency of the Member States’ inspections has a direct impact on the level of compliance with the requirements;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas an analysis of Member States’ inspection reports reveals huge differences between Member States in terms of the number of inspections, ranging from zero to several million per annum, and the incidence of infringements, ranging from zero to 16.6 %, which suggests that Member States take different approaches to inspections, e.g. random versus risk-based strategies; such differences in approach also make it impossible for data to be compared between Member States;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Member States are responsible for ensuring correct implementation and enforcement of Regulation 1/2005 at national level, including official inspections while the Commission is responsible for ensuring that Member States implement EU legislation properly;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 by the Member States has been insufficient to meet the Regulation’s main objective, which is to improve animal welfare during transport; urges the Commission to pursue legal action against, and impose sanctions on, Member States which fail to apply the Regulation correctly;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that non-compliance with the Regulation by Member States threatens the Regulation’s purpose to prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious animal diseases;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States that conduct few inspections or none at all to carry out more of them and submit comprehensive reports on them to the Commission;
Amendment 123 #
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, proportionate and dissuasive penalties is central to improving animal welfare during transport; further regrets that the Commission ignored the call made on it in that resolution to check the Regulation for incompatibilities with legal requirements in individual Member States;
Amendment 137 #
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; considers that the penalties should reflect the damage, scope, duration and recurrence of the infringement;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to disseminate best practices for the transportation of livestock to Member States; takes the view that the EU platform on animal welfare should undertake in- depth work on this issue and could be used for dialogue and the exchange of good practice; welcomes the cases where governments, scientists, businesses and national competent authorities have worked together to define best practices in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the legislation;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the difficulty of carrying out a coherent analysis of the implementation of the Regulation that exists owing to differing approaches to data collection between Member States; calls on the Commission to set common minimum standards for tracing systems regarding all journeys in order to allow better harmonised data collection and assessment of the parameters monitored; calls on Member States to step up their efforts to supply the Commission with comprehensive, harmonised data on transport inspections and infringement levels;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the poor conditions prevailing during maritime transport, and calls on Member States to be more rigorous in their certification and approval procedures for vessels, and to improve their pre-loading checks on animal fitness; calls on the Commission to providdraw up, update and circulate a list of ports with adequate animal inspection facilities;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to approve innovative alternatives for export checks in accordance with Regulation 2016/4291a Article 133(2), such as platform inspections, which are an improvement for animal welfare through a lower stocking rate and does not require animals to be unloaded and thus shortens waiting times. _________________ 1a Regulation 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ('Animal Health Law')
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes that the requirement of animal health certificates for transport across Member States gives a negative incentive to choose domestic destinations over the closest possible destination; calls on the Commission to use their powers as stated in Regulation 2016/4291a Article 144(1) to adopt a delegated act to provide a derogation for movements that pose a low risk for the spread of disease;
Amendment 250 #
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, taking into account the geographical differences at Member State level and 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’;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. UNotes that high standards of hygiene and other requirements have rendered small slaughterhouses economically unviable resulting in a total decline in their numbers; urges the Commission to support, where needed, the construction of economically viable slaughter facilities within Member States so that animals are slaughtered as close as possible to their place of rearing; Considers that mobile slaughterhouses should be available in all Member States;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to develop a strategy, by 30 November 2019 at the latest, to shift from live transport to a meat-and-carcasses-only trade, given the environmental, animal welfare and food safety impact of live animal transport; calls expressly on the Commission to include transport to third countries in this strategy;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to develop a full working definition of what constitutes fitness, and to provide robust training courses to farmers, drivers and veterinarianstransporters, traders, assembly centres, slaughterhouses, veterinarians or any operator involved in the transport of animals, in order to reduce the high levels of fitness infringement in Member States;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to develop a full working definition of what constitutes fitness, and to provide robust training courses regularly to farmers, drivers and veterinarians in order to reduce the high levels of fitness infringement in Member States;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to take action to prevent the spread of infectious diseases of animals in transport both within EU and coming from third countries by promoting biosecurity measures, increased animal welfare and give priority to direct transport that reduce the risk for direct or indirect contact with animals from other holdings, and avoid unloading at control posts if possible;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that, in addition to the loading of animals that are unfit for transport, infringements of the Regulation also frequently concern the lack of space for animals, the inappropriate height of vehicles, extreme temperatures, lack of water and food, and inadequate ventilation systems;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission to formulate, based on scientific findings, guidelines regarding water to animals transported in cages and conditions for transporting chicks that promote a high level of welfare;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Deplores the fact 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 and transport of animals;