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17 Amendments of Joseph DAUL related to 2008/0180(CNS)

Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – sub-paragraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed byIn accordance with religious rites, animals may be killslaughtered without prior stunning, provided that the killslaughtering takes place in a slaughterhouse.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, wWhere such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, Member States may decide not to apply that derogationwhich, at the time of their joining the European Union, already required prior stunning, can derogate to paragraph 2.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – sub-paragraph 2
However, Member States may decide not to apply that derogationwhether or not to authorise slaughtering without prior stunning.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Regulation the competent authority, referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, shall approve for each slaughterhouse: a) the maximum throughput for each slaughter line; b) the categories of animals and weights for which the restraining or stunning equipment available may be used; c) the maximum capacity for each lairage area intended for equidae and animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and poultry and lagomorphs.deleted
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point e
e) the use of electric currents that do not stun or kill the animals under controlled circumstances, in particular, any electric current application that does not span the brain.deleted
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) actively encourage the development by operators and other interested parties of codes of good practice for the implementation of this Regulation and publish and disseminate such codes, and monitor their application, and in addition approve the technical notices concerning new stunning techniques issued for operators;
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall establish a permanent working committee that includes representatives of the Commission and the religious authorities, in order to examine jointly possibilities for improving the welfare of animals at the time of slaughter in accordance with religious rites.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) is independent and free from any conflict of interest as regards the issuance of the certificates of competencen the case of slaughters carried out in accordance with religious rites, the religious authority officially recognised by the Member State in question, in collaboration with the above-mentioned competent authority;
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Until 31 December 2014, Member States may provide for certificates of competence, as referred to in Article 18, to be issued without examination to persons demonstrating relevant uninterruptedappropriate training and relevant professional experience of at least [ten] years12 months before the entry into force of the present Regulation.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Chapter I – Table I – Line No 2 – Category of animals
Ruminants up to 10 kg, poultry and lagomorphs.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Chapter I – Table I – Line No 2 – Key parameters - subparagraph 2
Appropriate velocity and diameter of bolt (contact plate method) according to animal size and species.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annexe II – point 3.3
3.3. Systems restraining bovine animals by inversion or any unnatural position shall not be usdeleted.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3.3
3.3. Systems restraining bovine animals by inversion or any unnatural position shall not be used. This shall not apply to slaughter in accordance with religious rites.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annexe II – point 4.2
4.2. Electrical apparatus shall deliver a constant current.deleted
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1.2
1.2. Animals must be unloaded as quickly as possible after arrival and subsequently slaughtered without undue delay. In the case of poultry or lagomorphs, the total time of transport added to the time spent between unloading and slaughter shall not exceed 12 hours. In the case of mammals, except lagomorphs, the total time of transport added to the time spent between unloading and slaughter shall not exceed: (a) 19 hours for unweaned animals; (b) 24 hours for equidae and pigs; (c) 29 hours for ruminants. After the expiry of those time limits, the animals must be lairaged, fed, and subsequently given moderate amounts of food at appropriate intervals. In such cases, the animals shall be provided an appropriate amount of bedding or equivalent material which guarantees a level of comfort appropriate to the species and the number of animals concerned. This material must ensure adequate absorption of urine and faeces.deleted
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2.1
2.1. Except in the case of large bovine animals kept in individual pens for a period which does not exceed a reasonable limit, each animal shall have enough space to stand up, lie down and turn around.
2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI