14 Amendments of Michl EBNER related to 2008/0160(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Seals are huntkilled within and outside the Community and used for obtaining products and articles, such as meat, oil, blubber, fur skins and articles made therefrom, which are sold commercially on different markets, including the Community/.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - subtitle paragraph 2
Annex II - subtitle paragraph 2
2. Hunting and stunning tools:
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 5
Annex II - paragraph 5
5. Hunting cConditions: Requirements are specified as to secure that the seal and/or the hunterperson killing the seal is sufficiently stable and that the target can be properly visualised. Other factors, relevant for the huntkilling in question, are also regulated.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 6
Annex II - paragraph 6
6. Training of hunters: A defined level of knowledge and ability of the hunterperson who is killing the seal regarding seal biology, huntkilling methods and the "three-step" procedure, hereunder practical use of the huntkilling and stunning tools, such as shooting tests are required. The “three-step” procedure is a method of effective hitting/shooting, effective monitoring (by application of the blink reflex or skull palpation that the animal is irreversibly unconscious or dead), and effective bleeding-out in order to ensure that a seal is killed without avoidable pain, distress and suffering.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 9
Annex II - paragraph 9
Clear requirements for reporting targeting both huntersthe persons who kill the seal and inspectors are provided for, which cover where and when animals are killed and which weapons and ammunition are used. The range of relevant environmental factors is also to be reported.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 10
Annex II - paragraph 10
Statistical information on the huntkilling of the seals, instances of non-compliance with the applicable requirements and related enforcement actions is compiled and systemised.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Treaty does not confer on the Community any general power to adopt rules on the welfare of wild animals or the regulation of hunting.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The fundamental traditional, economic and social interests of seal hunters, engaged in hunting of seals on a small-scale basis or for control reasons should not be disproportionately and adversely affected by the administrative and enforcement measures of this Regulation in terms of certificates, labelling and marketing, control and monitoring of the hunt, and educational and hunting requirements.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States should report on a regular basis on the actions taken to enforce this Regulation. Member States in which seal hunts take place should report on a regular basis on the cultural, economic, social and seal welfare implications of this Regulation in the light of the Convention on Biological Diversity. On the basis of those reports, the Commission should itself report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application and implications of this Regulation.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to seal products resulting from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit communities and which contribute to their subsistence or from traditional small-scale hunts or control hunts carried out with the main purpose of reducing damages to fisheries.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. The Commission shall adopt all measures necessary to implement this Article, such as measures on the applications to be submitted to the Commission, including evidentiary requirements, in order to obtain a derogation. In doing so, the Commission shall take into consideration the different conditions which may occur in the territories of different countries as well as cultural, economic and social interests of seal hunters engaged in traditional small- scale hunts or control hunts.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application and implications of this Regulation within twelve months of the end of the five-year reporting period concerned.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States in which seal hunts take place shall send every three years to the Commission a report outlining the cultural, economic, social and seal welfare implications of this Regulation in the light of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I