Activities of Marusya LYUBCHEVA related to 2013/0136(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material and plant protection products - Animal health - Protective measures against pests of plants (debate)
Amendments (38)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The impact of transmissible animal diseases and the measures necessary to control these diseases can be devastating for individual animals, animal populations, animal keepers and the economy in certain regions and countries.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The current Union animal health legislation consists of a series of linked and interrelated basic acts that lay down rules on animal health applying to intra-Union trade, entry into the Union of animals and products, disease eradication, veterinary controls, notification of diseases and financial support in relation to different animal species, but an overarching legal framework, providing harmonised principles across the sector and geared to sustainable development of the livestock sector and preservation of human lives and health, is missing.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Animal diseases are not only transmitted through direct contact between animals or between animals and humans. They are also carried further afield through water, soil and air systems, vectors such as insects, or the semen, ova and embryos used in artificial insemination, ovum donation or embryo transfer. Disease agents may also be contained in food and other products of animal origin such as leather, fur, feathers, horn and any other material derived from the body of an animal. Moreover various other objects such as transport vehicles, equipment, fodder and hay and straw may diffuse disease agents. Therefore, effective animal health rules need to cover all paths of infection and material involved therein.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) For transmissible animal diseases that are not subject to measures laid down at Union level, but which are of some economic importance for the private sector at a local level, the latMember Staters should, with the assistance of the competent authorities of the Member States, take actions to prevent or control such diseases, for instance through have the preparedness to respond and, together with the private sector, to take actions to prevent or control such diseases, for instance by developing concrete measures which prevent any harmful consequences and introduce self- regulatory measures orchanisms, or through the development of codes of practice.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In contrast to the transmissible animal diseases described in recitals 26 and 27, highly transmissible animal diseases may easily spread ain cross -border regions on which joint action and decisions have to be taken by at least two countries and, if they are also a zoonosis, they may also have an impact on public health and food safety. Hence, highly transmissible animal diseases and zoonoses should be covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35а) In the event of the outbreak of a zoonosis in a cross-border region and in order to prevent the spread of infection, the Commission should endeavour to harmonise certain procedures for the restriction of livestock and product movements from countries neighbouring the EU, such as prohibiting movements from and to affected areas or testing prior to dispatch.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Veterinarians and animal, including aquatic animal, health professionals play a crucial role in all aspects of animal health management, and general rules concerning their roles and responsibilities should be laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In order to ensure that the veterinarians and aquatic animal health professionals who undertake activities that fall within the scope of this Regulation are adequately qualified and receive appropriate training, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect to their qualification and training, and to develop procedures for the EU-wide recognition of the qualifications of such professionals.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Surveillance is a key element of disease control policy. It should provide for the early detection of transmissible animal diseases and efficient notification, thereby enabling the sector and the competent authority to implement, where feasible, timely disease prevention and control measures, and the eradication of a disease. Furthermore, it should supply information on the animal health status of each region and/or each Member State and of the Union as a whole, thereby substantiating disease freedom and facilitating trade within the Union and with third countries.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) Member States that are not free or are not known to be free from listed diseases which are subject to eradication measures as provided for in this Regulation, should be required to establish compulsory eradication programmes to eradicate those diseases where the eradication is compulsory in the Union, or have the possibility to establish voluntary eradication programmes, to eradicate those diseases where the eradication is envisaged in the Union, but is not compulsory. To ensure uniform conditions of general application throughout the Union, it is necessary to lay down harmonised requirements for such compulsory or voluntary eradication programmes. In order to ensure effective disease eradication, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the objectives of disease control strategies, disease control measures under the compulsory or voluntary eradication programmes and requirements of such programmes. The Commission should launch negotiated procedures with the countries neighbouring the EU aimed at establishing harmonised requirements for those compulsory and voluntary eradication programmes.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82
Recital 82
(82) In the event of an outbreak of a listed disease considered to represent a high risk to animal or public health in the Union, it is necessary to take immediate disease control measures to eradicate that listed disease in the affected region in order to protect animal and public health and the relevant sectors. Where it is necessary to revoke the ‘disease free’ status of a region, this should only be applied to the territory of the affected region if the danger of the disease spreading to neighbouring regions has been nullified.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 140
Recital 140
(140) To prevent the introduction of listed diseases and emerging diseases into the Union, it is necessary to have in place efficient rules on the entry into the Union from third countries of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin that may transmit such diseases, and on the free transit of animals in cross-border regions.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 20
20) 'risk' means the likelihood of the occurrence and the likely magnitude of the biological, health, social and economic consequences of an adverse effect on animal or public health;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The impact of transmissible animal diseases and the measures necessary to control these diseases can be devastating for individual animals, animal populations, animal keepers and the economy in certain regions and countries.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The current Union animal health legislation consists of a series of linked and interrelated basic acts that lay down rules on animal health applying to intra-Union trade, entry into the Union of animals and products, disease eradication, veterinary controls, notification of diseases and financial support in relation to different animal species, but an overarching legal framework, providing harmonised principles across the sector – and geared to the sustainable development of the livestock sector and safeguarding human lives and health – is missing.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Animal diseases are not only transmitted through direct contact between animals or between animals and humans. They are also carried further afield through water, soil and air systems, vectors such as insects, or the semen, ova and embryos used in artificial insemination, ovum donation or embryo transfer. Disease agents may also be contained in food and other products of animal origin such as leather, fur, feathers, horn and any other material derived from the body of an animal. Moreover various other objects such as transport vehicles, equipment, fodder and hay and straw may diffuse disease agents. Therefore, effective animal health rules need to cover all paths of infection and material involved therein.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) For transmissible animal diseases that are not subject to measures laid down at Union level, but which are of some economic importance for the private sector at a local level, the latMember Staters should, with the assistance of the competent authorities of the Member States, take actions to prevent or control such diseases, for instance through self-regulatory measures or the development of have the preparedness to respond and, together with the private sector, to take actions to prevent or control such diseases, for instance through developing practical measures to avert their harmful effects and establishing self-regulatory mechanisms and developing codes of practice.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In contrast to the transmissible animal diseases described in recitals 26 and 27, highly transmissible animal diseases may easily spread ain cross -border areas on which joint action and decisions have to be taken by at least two countries and, if they are also a zoonosis, theyis may also have an impact on public health and food safety. Hence highly transmissible animal diseases and zoonoses should be covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35а) In the event of the outbreak of a zoonosis in a cross-border region and in order to prevent the spread of infection, the Commission should strive to harmonise certain procedures for the restriction of livestock and product movements from countries neighbouring the EU, such as prohibiting movements from and to affected areas or testing prior to dispatch.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Veterinarians and animal, including aquatic animal, health professionals play a crucial role in all aspects of animal health management, and general rules concerning their roles and responsibilities should be laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In order to ensure that the veterinarians and aquatic animal health professionals who undertake activities that fall within the scope of this Regulation are adequately qualified and receive appropriate training, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect to their qualification and training, and to develop procedures for the EU-wide recognition of the qualifications of those professionals.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Surveillance is a key element of disease control policy. It should provide for the early detection of transmissible animal diseases and efficient notification, thereby enabling the sector and the competent authority to implement, where feasible, timely disease prevention and control measures, and the eradication of a disease. Furthermore, it should supply information on the animal health status of each region and/or each Member State and of the Union as a whole, thereby substantiating disease freedom and facilitating trade within the Union and with third countries.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) Member States that are not free or are not known to be free from listed diseases which are subject to eradication measures as provided for in this Regulation, should be required to establish compulsory eradication programmes to eradicate those diseases where the eradication is compulsory in the Union, or have the possibility to establish voluntary eradication programmes, to eradicate those diseases where the eradication is envisaged in the Union, but is not compulsory. To ensure uniform conditions of general application throughout the Union, it is necessary to lay down harmonised requirements for such compulsory or voluntary eradication programmes. In order to ensure effective disease eradication, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the objectives of disease control strategies, disease control measures under the compulsory or voluntary eradication programmes and requirements of such programmes. The Commission should launch negotiated procedures with the countries neighbouring the EU aimed at establishing harmonised requirements for compulsory and voluntary and eradication programmes.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82
Recital 82
(82) In the event of an outbreak of a listed disease considered to represent a high risk to animal or public health in the Union, it is necessary to take immediate disease control measures to eradicate that listed disease in the affected region in order to protect animal and public health and the relevant sectors. Where it is necessary to cancel the ‘disease-free’ status of an affected region, this should only apply to the territory of that region if there is no longer a danger of the disease spreading to neighbouring regions.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 140
Recital 140
(140) To prevent the introduction of listed diseases and emerging diseases into the Union, it is necessary to have in place efficient rules on the entry into the Union from third countries of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin that may transmit such diseases, and on the free transit of animals in cross-border regions.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) 'risk' means the likelihood of the occurrence and the likely magnitude of the biological and economic, health, economic and social consequences of an adverse effect on animal or public health;
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
ii а) movement in cross-border regions, including in territories outside the EU;
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
iiа) movement in cross-border regions, including in territories outside the EU;
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point а
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point а
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point а
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point а
а) the level of impact of the disease on animal and public health, animal welfare and the economy and economic activities in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support operators and animal professionals in acquiring, maintaining and developing the basic and specialist knowledge of animal health provided for in Article 10 through relevant programmes in agricultural or aquaculture sectors or formal education.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point е
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point е
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support operators and animal professionals in acquiring, maintaining and developing the basic and specialist knowledge of animal health provided for in Article 10 through relevant programmes in agricultural or aquaculture sectors or formal education.
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States which are not free or not known to be free from one or more of the listed diseases referred to in Article 8(1)(b) in their whole territory or in the respective zones or compartments thereof, shall:
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) provisions on preventive and emergency vaccination, where appropriate;
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the economic, social – including as regards the effect of restrictions on the trade in meat – social and social status, animal welfare and environmental impact of the use of the veterinary medicinal products compared to other available disease prevention and control strategies.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiiа) where there is a heightened risk of reinfection with an animal disease owing to prevailing conditions established on the basis of the disease history of the Member State or a zone thereof, preventive vaccination shall be authorised and the use thereof subsequently regarded as use of an emergency vaccination.