Activities of Neil PARISH related to 2008/0180(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of animals at the time of killing (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse. An operator may only permit an animal to be killed without prior stunning if he or she has taken reasonable steps to satisfy himself or herself that the carcase is destined for consumption by religious customers and is not intended for export to third countries.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse. An operator may only permit an animal to be killed without prior stunning if he or she has taken reasonable steps to satisfy himself or herself that the carcase is destined for consumption by religious customers and is not intended for export to third countries.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse and the animals are stunned immediately after the cut.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse. and the animals are stunned immediately after the cut.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Stunning shall be carried out in accordance with the methods set out in Annex I. In order to take account of scientific and technical progress, the Commission may approve new stunning methods on the basis of an assessment by the European Food Safety Authority and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Stunning shall be carried out in accordance with the methods set out in Annex I. In order to take account of scientific and technical progress, the Commission may approve new stunning methods on the basis of an assessment by the European Food Safety Authority and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the bleeding of live animals. after stunning;
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the bleeding of live animals. after stunning;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) the bleeding of animals that have not been stunned.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) the bleeding of animals that have not been stunned.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Operators shall put in place and implement appropriate monitoring procedures to verify and confirm that: (a) animals for slaughter are effectively stunned in the period between the end of the stunning process and the confirmation of death; and (b) animals that are slaughtered without prior stunning do not exhibit signs of life.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Operators shall put in place and implement appropriate monitoring procedures to verify and confirm that: (a) animals for slaughter are effectively stunned in the period between the end of the stunning process and the confirmation of death; and (b) animals that are slaughtered without prior stunning do not exhibit signs of life.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV a (new)
Annex IV a (new)
ANNEX IVa REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING AN ANIMAL WITHOUT PRIOR STUNNING UNDER THE ARTICLE 4.2 1. Bovine animals shall be killed in an upright position and shall not be inverted nor placed in a horizontal position prior to killing. 2. No dressing procedures nor any electrical stimulation may be performed on the animal before the bleeding has ended and in any event not before the expiry of— (a) in the case of bovine animals, a period of not less than 120 seconds; (b) in the case of sheep and goats, a period of not less than 30 seconds. However, when an animal is stunned within a maximum period of five seconds after incision of the blood vessels, the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be reduced to 25 seconds and that referred to in sub-paragraph (b) shall be reduced to 15 seconds. 3. The animal shall be killed only by a person holding a certificate of competence, as provided for in Article 18, for the bleeding of animals that have not been stunned. 4. Operators shall put in place and implement appropriate monitoring procedures to verify and confirm that both carotid arteries or the vessels from which they arise are severed and that animals do not exhibit signs of life after sticking and before the confirmation of death. 5. Every week an official veterinarian shall monitor a sample of at least 5% of the animals killed without prior stunning to verify and confirm that both carotid arteries or the vessels from which they arise are severed and that the animals do not exhibit signs of life after sticking and before the confirmation of death. 6. The operator shall take reasonable steps to satisfy himself or herself that carcases originating from animals bled without prior stunning are destined for consumption by religious customers and are not intended for export to third countries.