32 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2007/2260(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas animal health is closely linked to human health, owing to the possibility of direct or indirect transmission of certain diseases,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas major outbreaks of animal diseases can often result in social dislocation and social problems in rural areas,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas animal welfare is important to animal health and is justified on not just ethicalconomic, but also economicon ethical, moral and societal grounds,;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the best means of combating animal diseases is to prevent them from occurring in the first place, in accordance with the principles that 'prevention is better than cure' and 'preventioncure is better than unnecessary slaughterculling',
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that there is no difference between products produced from vaccinated animals and those from non- vaccinated animals;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls upon the European Commission and Member States to ensure that products from vaccinated animals (protective vaccination) can be marketed throughout the European internal market;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls upon the European Commission and Member States to ensure the acceptance of products from vaccinated animals on an international level;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the proposed strategy can produce positive results if clear and transparent arrangements are laid down for the funding of the individual measures, something that the Commission communication fails to do; considers that the strategy should clearly indicate by whom, and in what amount, individualunderlines - with a view to ensuring a level playing field - the need to clarify the role of the EU, Member States and the agricultural sector in financing animal health measures –, such as ensuring biological security on farms, vaccination programmes, scientific research or higher animal welfare standards – are to be funded;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points to the growing problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics in several animal farming sectors, which can also lead to problems in respect to public health; therefore urges the Commission to present an analysis regarding this problem; and where necessary accompanied by proposals within the framework of the animal health strategy;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Draws attention to growing animal health risks as a consequence of the increasing global mobility, rising demand for food, growing international trade and climate change; and underlines the need for an adequate emergency vaccination strategy for both existing and emerging diseases;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points to the need to improve biosecurity on holdings and to encourage all operators to raise animal health standards; acknowledging that infectious diseases can strike on both small and large farms, on holdings where animals are kept for leisure, in zoos, in nature reserves, in slaughterhouses and during animal transport and transit;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points to the need for risk categorisation also to cover issues relating to stocking density; points out that high stockingout that areas with high-animal densities on large farms using industrial breeding methods are usually detrimental to the welfare of the animals and, furthermore, significantly increase the risk of disease and hamper disease control; takes the view that agricultural policy should encourage lower stocking densities and should not provide incentives for the establishment of large holdings; stresses, furthermore, that large, intensive livestock holdings should come under special veterinary, sanitary and environmental surveillance and that their siting should not adversely affect the local population or the environmentmore vulnerable to the spread of animal diseases and therefore underlines the importance of rapid emergency vaccination (suppressive and protective) in these areas;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the heightenedanimal health risks involved in long-distance transport of live animals, which spreads disease and hampers disease-control efforparticularly when using staging posts; considers, in this connection, that restrictions should be placed on the transport of live animals and that thought should be given to placing an eight-hour ceiling on transport times for animals for slaughter;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the importance of a coherent communication strategy in the Common Animal Health Policy, which should involve close cooperation with all stakeholders at EU, national and local level;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Agrees that there is a need to ensure that unjustified national or regional animal health rules do not constitute an obstacle to the internal market, and in particular that the resources deployed in response to the outbreak of disease are proportional to the threat posed and are not used for unjustified trade discrimination purposes;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that the EU legal framework should clearly, and in an appropriately flexible manner, lay down the obligations of owners of animals and non-food producing animals (like horses), including animals kept for non-commercial purposes, in risk situations, in such a way as not to give rise to unwarranted conflicts and disputes; believes that appropriate rules should also be laid down for wild animals;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Believes that appropriate attention should be paid to the spread of diseases via wild animals;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Draws attention to the particular situation of animals held for non-food purposes, such as hobby animals or zoo animals, and believes that for this category of animals a differentiated approach might be justified;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Fully shares the view that the compensation system cannot be confined to the provision of compensation to owners of animals that are culled in response to the outbreak of disease, but should be combined with risk-prevention incentives, on the basis of the principle that the better the animal health and welfare standards owners maintain, the better they are compensated in the event of a disease outbreak, which would also include the promotion of the use of (emergency) vaccination instead of stamping out, acknowledging that this means there should be income guarantees for the owner of the (emergency) vaccinated livestock; takes the view that that principle should also apply to Member States, as an incentive to reduce risk levels;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the Commission's undertaking to submit a report setting out the possibilities for an effective system of financial guarantees for feed business operators; believes such a system to be essential, in view of the fact that such operators can also suffer losses in the event of a disease outbreak or the appearance of other animal health threats;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Acknowledges the grounds for introducing more stringentadequate sanitary or phytosanitary standards than those adopted at international level; stresses, at the same time, that those standards should not distort competitionin third countries are secured by the EU if these countries export products to the EU market;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Awaits the drafting of guidelines taking into account the level of risk associated with different types of production systems; stresses that organisations representing animal owners should be actively involved in this process;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes tracing, based on identification and tracingregistration, to be particularly important in animal health monitoring and disease prevention; supports, in this connection, action covering the electronic identification of animalsand registration of animals at EU-level and the introduction of a comprehensive animal movement monitoring system, but draws attention to the cost of such a system, particularly for small-scale livestock breeders;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Points at the large differences between Member States in the amount of destroyed bovine animals as a result of the non-compliance with the EU rules on identification and registration; awaits the explanation of the European Commission for these differences within the EU;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the importance of animal health inspections within third countries and asks for the financial resources of the FVO to be increased;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Takes the view that veterinary and customs controls at EU borders should be particularly rigorous with a view to preventing the illegal import of or trafficking in animals, given the major risk of spreading disease that they entail; draws attention, in this connection, to the need for organisational, training and financial assistance to be provided to veterinary services at the EU's external borders, in particular in the new Member States, third countries neighbouring the EU and developing countries;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses the need for veterinary surgeoneconomic operators, veterinary surgeons, control bodies and other competent authorities to be provided with effective training in prompt detection of animal- related threats and for support for such training at EU level, together with measures to ensure its consistency; in this regard an European accreditation system of veterinary schools could help reaching the objective of a high level veterinary education;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Strongly supports action to increase the use of emergency vaccination (both suppressive and protective), which should foster more effective disease prevention and diminish the number of animals culled as part of disease-eradication operations; draws attention to the fact that the introduction of an effective vaccination system requires income guarantees for owners of vaccinated animals since they may face problems selling products from vaccinated animals, the provision of appropriate financial support, in order to encourage its use; considers it essential, furthermore, for EU vaccine banks to be expanded;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that scientific research plays an essential role in animal health systems, since it enables advances to be made, in particular in the monitoring, diagnosis and control of animal diseases, risk analysis, vaccinationdevelopment of vaccines and tests and other essential activities, which must be based on scientific knowledge;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Points to the need for the development of a network of Community and national reference laboratories dealing with animal diseases, and agrees that scientifically uniform test methods should be applied that are 'trade compatible', i.e. validated and accepted by the OIE and EU trade partners;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41