17 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2009/2202(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas every activity to protect and ensure the well-being of animals must be based on the principle that animals are sentient beings whose specific needs must be taken into account, and whereas animal welfare in the 21st century is an expression of our humanity and a challenge to European civilisation and culture and must, as a matter of principle, apply to all animals,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas animal welfare has a bearing on several policy fields and many ethical, political and economic issues, and whereas animal welfare policy cannot be confined to measures to protect and ensure the well-being of laboratory or farm animals, but must, as a matter of principle, cover all animals,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the goal of an animal welfare strategy must be to ensure that proper account is taken of the increased costs which animal welfare generates, and whereas an ambitious animal welfare policy can only be partially successful without European and worldwide dialogue and without an aggressive policy of raising awareness and providing information inside and outside Europe about the advantages of high animal welfare standards, i.e. if it is developed only unilaterally by the European Union,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets, nonetheless, that more has not been done to adopt a proposal for newensure proper implementation of the existing rules on animal transport and the associated, in particular the issue of developing a satellite system to monitor such transport, and urges the Commission, in the time still remaining before the action plan expires, to take the initiative in this field;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that it would make sense to create incentives for the regional breeding, marketing and slaughter of animals in order to obviate the need for breeding and slaughter animals to be transported over long distances;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is particularly concerned that, despWelcomes the progress made in connection with compliance witeh the clrear recommendations and conclusions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in this regard, many pig farmers in Europe are violating theing requirements for pigs; is concerned, however, that workable plans relevant to ordinary farmers are lacking as regards the implementation of individual provisions of Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs, and calls on the Commission, therefore, to devise without delay a strategy to increase compliance with this Directivein cooperation with agricultural scientists, to remedy this problem without delay;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission likewise to ensure that the ban on systems which lack cages with nests for laying hens, which enters into force in 2012, is genuinelypromptly implemented in the Member States and complied with by farmers;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for the Commission’s own evaluation exercise, to be undertaken in 2010, to contain a thorough analysis of the achievements made and the lessons to be learned from potential flaws;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to demonstrate the impact of animal welfare standards and to take full account of the way different factors, such as animal welfare, sustainability, animal health, the environment, product quality and economic viability, interrelate;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to submit no later than 2012 a proposal for general animal welfare legislation for the EU which, on the basis of the available science and proven experience, should contribute to a common understanding of the concept of animal welfare and the fundamental conditions applicable; urges the Commission, however, before submitting any such proposal, to carry out an analysis of existing shortcomings in the current legislation in the form of an assessment of Community animal welfare policy over the last 20 years and to draw up a proposal for framework rules only after considering the alternatives;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that this generalEuropean animal welfare legislation, like Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, should establish a common basic level of animal welfare in the European Union, which is the precondition for free and equitable competition within the internal market; considers, however, that it should be possible in duly substantiated exceptional cases for any person, region or Member State to introduce voluntary systems which are more far-reaching;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the debate concerning various possible animal welfare labelling schemes in the aforementioned Commission communication of 28 October 2009, and stresses that it is important that consumers in the European Union should receive adequatargeted information to enable them to make well-informed choices in this regard as well as in others on the basis of knowledge of the conditions under which the animals from which the products offered for sale are derived were kept;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that particular emphasis should be placed on safeguarding regional slaughtering and marketing structures so that slaughter animals need only be transported over short distances;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission as soon as possible to perform comprehensive inspectionto conduct comparative assessments to ascertain how the Member States are applying and enforcing existing animal welfare rules, particularly concerning animal transport and pigs, and if necessary to propose in 2012 at the latest recommendations, guidelines and other necessary measures to tackle problemsguarantee uniform implementation within the EU;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the aim must be a purposeful, risk-based monitoring system in which objective factors such as mortality statistics and thare central and Member States whose infringement rates are above average muse of antibiotics are centralt expect to face more stringent checks;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the European Union budget must include sufficient appropriations to enable the Commission to monitor the Member States and third countries more effectively and comprehensively in this regard;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission as soon as possible, on the basis of the final report of the Animal Welfare Quality Project, to propose a trial period for the assessment of animal welfare within the European Union using the methods developed in the Animal Welfare Quality Project;