9 Amendments of Lily JACOBS related to 2007/2260(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that vaccination should largely replace culling in the event of outbreaks of infectious animal diseases; points out that there is no difference between meat from animals which have been vaccinated against diseases and that from unvaccinated animals; acknowledges that markets inside and outside the EU are nonetheless not always willing to import vaccinated meat; stresses that livestock farmers and other market operators require guarantees that they will be able to sell their products without price reductions; regards this as a crucial issue which the European Community must resolve quickly in order to guarantee the free movement of goods;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Voices its dissatisfaction at the indications that individual measures will be financed from 'existing' funds, since those funds may prove inadequate; stresses the importance of facilitating national insurance instruments in which farmers themselves can take responsibility for the consequences of outbreaks of animal diseases;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Acknowledges borders are opening up, global demand for food and global trade are increasing, as well as global mobility of persons and animals, global warming and illegal trade, points out that these factors enlarge the animal health risks, underlines the need for an adequate emergency vaccination strategy for both existing diseases (like foot-and-mouth disease, classical swine fever, avian influenza and bluetongue) and emerging diseases (like African horse sickness, West Nile disease, African Swine Fever and Rift Valley fever);
Amendment 59 #
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 stocking 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 densitito improve the level of biosecurity on holdings and to encourage all operators to raise standards, while acknowledging that infectious diseases cand 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 environment;trike 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 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Fully shares the view that the compensation system, for example in the form of an insurance instrument to which livestock farmers in a particular Member State themselves contribute financially, 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; takes the view that that principle should also apply to Member States, as an incentive to reduce risk levels;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Endorses provision being made in the EU legal framework for support for the possibility of covering indirect losses not resulting solely from disease-eradication measures; points out that indirect losses can in some cases be more severe than direct losses, and that provision should therefore be made for compensation for such losses; expresses its support, therefore, for more research into and for facilitation by the European Community of the establishment of national insurance instruments by livestock farmers;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes identification and tracing to be particularly important in animal health monitoring and disease prevention; supports, in this connection, action covering the compulsory electronic identification of animals in the European Union 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 145 #
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, in third countries which are neighbours to the EU and in developing countries;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Strongly supports action to increase the use of vaccination, 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 the provision of appropriate financial support, in order to encourage its use and guaranteed sales for farmers who resort to vaccination; considers it essential, furthermore, for EU vaccine banks to be expanded;