14 Amendments of Jacques COLOMBIER related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU trade policy, particularly the increasing number of free-trade agreements, has made it necessary to transport live animals with increasing frequency, with the harm that this entails for them;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas it is clear that farmers, who are constantly on trial in the court of public opinion, are attached to their animals, and whereas they cannot, therefore, be held liable for any mistreatment of them during transport;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that repeated infringements should lead to prosecution, penalties includingthat may stretch to the confiscation of vehicles, coupled with a ban on transporting the offending loads, and compulsory retraining of those responsible for the welfare and transport of animals;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for increased cooperation between competent authorities to strengthen enforcement by using technology, and inspections on parts and spot-checks to create a real-time feedback loop between the Member State at the point of departure and the Member State at the point of arrival; takes the view that should animals which started out in a good state of fitness arrive in a poor state of fitness, then the exporter company must be immediately penalised;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that slaughter costs differ considerably from Member State to Member State and calls for the economic, environmental and societal costs of transport to be taken into account and form the basis of a policy of financial incentives for putting in place alternatives at local level;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission, according to the 2018 Court of Auditors special report on animal welfare in the EU, has recognised that the data reported by some Member States is not complete, consistent, reliable or sufficiently detailed to permit drawing conclusions on compliance at EU level;
Amendment 245 #
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’; specifies that this provision must be enforced all the more strictly when the transport is from, to, or in transit through a hot country;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the reduction of animal journey times, in particular long and very long journey times, by employing alternative strategies, such as economically viable local or mobile slaughter facilities, replacing the transport of breeding animals by using semen or embryos, and transportation of carcasses and meat products, as well as by means of legislative initiatives in Member States to facilitate on-farm slaughter;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Draws the Commission's attention to the existence of mobile slaughter facilities in Sweden and the authorisation for them to be tested in France in July 2018, which are simple and viable solutions to reducing transport, increasing animal welfare and promoting direct sales from farms;
Amendment 340 #
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 veterinarians, as well as clear information to the livestock farmers concerned on how their animals should be treated, in order to reduce the high levels of fitness infringement in Member States;
Amendment 391 #
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 animals, and to ensure, where necessary, that trade relations cease with those who do not comply with an equivalent level of standards;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points out that the transport of live animals causes the rapid spread of diseases and calls for health checks to be more stringent and, during animal epidemics, systematic when the Union's borders are crossed;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is appalled at reports of extremely long and distressing waiting periods for animals at borders; calls on Member States having borders with third countries to open dedicated express lanes at customs for animals being transported, in order to reduce waiting perioddevelop decent waiting solutions for animals, in particular lorry unloading areas, in order to give them some rest time during long journeys, or to enable the competent authorities to conduct health checks in the best conditions;
Amendment 427 #
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, live animal transport journeys to third countries should be forbiddeshould be conditional upon compliance with standards equivalent to those of the EU, throughout the transport chain;