10 Amendments of Jill EVANS related to 2009/2202(INI)
Amendment 116 #
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 genuinely complied with and calls for a complete intercommunity trade ban on eggs not in compliance with the legislation;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph a (new)
demands that measures be taken to ensure that existing legislation is enforced without delay, to ensure harmonisation of standards and a level playing-field within the internal market; recommends that any proposals for new legislation be assessed against the alternative course of implementing fully existing legislation, to avoid unnecessary duplication;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph a (new)
Calls for European farmers to be compensated for the higher production costs associated with higher animal welfare standards; suggests that financing for animal welfare measures be incorporated into the new common agricultural policy support schemes from 2013;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph a (new)
Advocates the incorporation of animal welfare considerations into impact assessments for new European and national legislation;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a European centre for animal welfare and animal health should be established no later than 2012, whose work should be based on the general animal welfare legislation proposed above;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers furthermore that, having regard to Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, such a centre should, inter alia, be assigned the tasks of assessing and stating views on future legislative and policy proposals and their impact on animal welfare and animal health, defining and assessing animal welfare standards on the basis of the latest available knowledge, providing training and information about animal welfare and animal health, and coordinating an EU system for testing new techniques no way duplicate tasks of the Commission or other agencies and should become a support tool providing assistance to the Commission, Member States, food chain actors and citizens regarding training and education, best practices, as well as information and consumer communication;
Amendment 345 #
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 more effectively and comprehensively in this regardproperly carry out inspections in the Member States and to set up an inspectorate for monitoring the MS enforcement of EU legislation to protect wild animals (zoo Directive, EU wildlife trade regulations) and laboratory animals (Council Directive 86/609/EEC regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes, and the new directive replacing it, when it becomes applicable);
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 24 – subparagraph a (new)
Further recognises that the increasing concentration and density of animals increases their susceptibility to disease, and calls for increased monitoring by the relevant authorities in this area;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States in this context to make better use of the opportunities for support for investment in innovation and modernisation beneficial to animal welfare which is available from EU rural development funds; further calls on the Member States and the Commission for greater financial investment in research, and developing new technologies and techniques in the field of animal welfare;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 32 – subparagraph a (new)
Recommends that animal welfare concerns be incorporated into bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, including at the WTO, and that imports into the EU should be required to meet the same animal welfare standards as European farmers;