7 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2012/2043(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to include animal welfare as a non-trade concern in its trade policy and when negotiating international trade agreements, and to promote animal welfare in third countries by requiring equivalent welfare standards for imported products;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the use of antibiotics in livestock farming must be curbed drastically; stresses that preventive vaccination against contagious animal diseases will reduce the necessity of antibiotic use in livestock farming and that preventive vaccination can contribute to a reduction in outbreaks of infectious diseases;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Observes that, in the European context, emergency vaccination, and sometimes preventive vaccination, is allowed, but that regulations still hinder the international sales of products from vaccinated animals; observes that these limitations do not adequately take into account advancing vaccination technology and diagnostic possibilities; requests the European Commission to rescind, where possible, trade-limiting measures that unnecessarily restrict the use of vaccination;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Also stresses the importance of increasing consumer awareness about the higher price of products produced with ample consideration of animal welfare;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point h
Paragraph 20 – point h
h. a structure for science-based sectoral legislation, such as that concerning dairy cows, aquaculture, use of antibiotics and animal transport;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 20 – point h a (new)
ha. improvement of the existing legislation in the area of preventive, protective and inhibiting vaccination against contagious animal diseases so that fewer animals will have to be unnecessarily destroyed in a future outbreak of disease;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for the Commission to continue to encourage research into test methods where fewer test animals are needed and to promote their application where possible; in that context, calls for the European Commission to recognise and utilise the ‘extended one’ test under REACH;