14 Amendments of Mick WALLACE related to 2020/2085(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas livestock farming plays a prominent role in EU agriculture, as it is not only economically and environmentally, but also culturally highly significant for in certain EU regions;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union' (TFEU) recognises that animals are sentient beings;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas animal welfare can be improved by increasing farm resilience, including increasing the genetic variability of animals on farms; whereas there is a worryingly low level of genetic diversity of farm animals in the EU;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas improving animal welfare reduces dependency on antimicrobials;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "End the Cage Age", launched on 11 September 2018 and closed a year later, gained over 1.6 million signatures calling for a ban on cruel caged farming in the EU;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that consistently applying the One Health Principle can improve on- farm animal welfare;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Supports the ECI “End the Cage Age” and urges the Commission to start a legislative process to ban caged farming;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Council’s efforts to promote the development of an EU animal welfare label based on harmonised and technically substantiated criteria; stresses, however, that labels are insufficient for guaranteeing high animal welfare and can only be considered complementary or transitional measures; believes that if a label is to be developed, it must be made mandatory in order to be effective and sufficiently inform consumers;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that addressing the suffering of animals cannot be effectively addressed through market measures, and instead requires the introduction and implementation of binding high standards for animal welfare; believes that in fact there is no issue with lack of demand among people for high animal welfare products, and that it is obvious that people do not want to contribute to the suffering of animals; in this light, considers that any harmonised EU animal welfare label will be insufficient for achieving systemic change to properly address the suffering of animals;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the importance of ensuring high animal welfare during transport in the meantime, as part of the transition to ending the transport of animals, and welcomes the establishment of the ANIT committee of inquiry;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers extensification to be one of the quickest and most effective ways of improving on-farm animal welfare, as well as many other benefits for the environment, climate and human health;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds the Commission that 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 slaughtered; reiterates its call 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 food safety impact of live animal transport; considers it an imperative to transition to a completely regional model of livestock production;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WBelcomes the factieves that the common agricultural policy (CAP) seeks tomust enhance the welfare of on-farm animals by providing financial incentives and by focusing on the enforcement ofenforcing animal welfare legislation; calls on the Member States to offer greater and effective support to farmers who voluntarily comply with more stringent animal welfare requirements, including through national support programmes;
Amendment 214 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assess subsidies that are harmful to animal welfare by 2022 and phase them out without delay;