Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2014/0032(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Breeding animals and their germinal products (A8-0288/2015 - Michel Dantin) (vote) FR
Breeding animals and their germinal products (A8-0288/2015 - Michel Dantin) FR
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions for trade in and imports into the Union of breeding animals and their germinal products PDF (1 MB) DOC (891 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The objectives of the Nagoya Protocol – on access to genetic products and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation – to the Convention on Biological Diversity are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of technologies, taking into account rights over those resources and technologies, and by appropriate funding.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Performance testing and genetic evaluation may be carried out by institutions designated by the breed society or the breeding operation. Those designated institutions shall cooperate with the European Union reference centres designated by the Commission. The Commission should therefore be empowered to designate by way of implementing acts European Union reference centres and the necessary powers should be granted to the Commission to adopt delegated acts describing their duties and functions, where necessary by amending Annex IV. Those reference centres qualify for Union aid in accordance with Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary fieldRegulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council15. In the case of purebred breeding animals of the bovine species, performance testing and genetic evaluation carried out by a breed society are at present assisted by the Interbull Centre, the European Union reference bodya permanent sub- committee of the International Committee for Animal Recording, designated by Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 designatingas the reference body responsible for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for purebred breeding animals of the bovine species16. __________________ 15 16OJ L 155, 18.6.2009, p. 30. Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC. 16 OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19. OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the bovine species (Bos taurus, Bos indicus and Bubalus bubalis), porcine species (Sus scrofa), ovine species (Ovis aries), caprine species (Capra hircus);
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘breed’ means a group of animals that are genetically similar enough to be considered to be distinct from other animals of the same species by one or more groups of breeders who agree to enter them in their breeding books, specifying the animals’ known ascendants, for the purpose of reproducing their inherited characteristics for reproduction, exchange and selection as part of an established breeding programme;
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ‘breeding programme’ means any breeding and/or improvement and/or preservation programme run by breed societies or breeding companies which must fulfil the minimum requirements laid down in Annex I, Part 2, in order to be approved by the competent authorities;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 4(2)(b), the competent authority may refuse to recognise a breed society that complies with the requirements set out in Part 1 of Annex I where the breeding programme of that breed society would compromise: – the preservation or the genetic diversity of purebred breeding animals entered, or registered and eligible for entry, in the breeding book established for that breed by a breed society that has already been recognised in that Member State, owing to a loss of efficiency in terms of monitoring increases in inbreeding and managing genetic anomalies as a result of a failure to coordinate management and exchange information on the genetic heritage of the breed; or – the effective implementation of the improvement programme of an existing recognised society for the same breed, owing to a marked loss of efficiency in terms of the genetic progress expected; or – the attainment of the objectives of the Nagoya Protocol and the Convention on Biological Diversity in relation to biodiversity conservation.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the approval of a further breeding programme would fragment the population of purebred breeding animals available in that Member State to an extend that would compromise the preservation or the genetic diversity of that breed. t that: (i) for preservation programmes, there would be a threat to the preservation or the genetic diversity of purebred breeding animals entered, or registered and eligible for entry, in the breeding book established for that breed by a breed society that has already been recognised in that Member State, owing to a loss of efficiency in terms of monitoring increases in inbreeding and managing genetic anomalies as a result of a failure to coordinate management and exchange information on the genetic heritage of the breed; or (ii) for genetic improvement programmes, without prejudice to Article 18, it would result in a loss of efficiency in terms of the genetic progress expected, monitoring increases in inbreeding and managing genetic anomalies as a result of a failure to coordinate management and exchange information on the genetic heritage of the breed, or result in breeding developments that depart from or are inconsistent with the characteristics specified for the breed in that Member State.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a breed society that keeps a breeding book for purebred breeding animals of the equine species may, for the purposes of its breeding programmes or to safeguard genetic diversity within a pure breed, place restrictions on or prohibit the use for reproduction of one or more of the reproduction techniques referred to in paragraph 1 on purebred breeding animals entered in the main section of its breeding book.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
1. On request of a Member State or a European association of breed societies for purebred animals of the species concerned, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, approve methods for the verification of the identity of purebred breeding animals of the bovine species and male purebred breeding animals of dairy breeds of the ovine and caprine species that provide at least the same degree of certainty as the analysis of the blood group of those purebred breeding animals, taking into account technical advances in identification methods based on the work of the International Committee for Animal Recording and the International Society of Animal Genetics and the recommendations of the European reference centres referred to in Article 31.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – point 1 – point d
Annex I – part 2 – point 1 – point d
(d) the objectives of the breeding programme, the populations to be assessed and detailed evaluation criteria concerning the selection of breeding animals, which in the case of the establishment of a breeding book for a new breed, must include information on the detailed circumstances justifying the establishment of the new breed;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – point 1 – point g a (new)
Annex I – part 2 – point 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) if the breeding programme is to be carried out as a conservation programme, in addition to meeting the conditions laid down in points (a) to (g) it must involve any appropriate in situ (on living animals) and ex situ (conservation of reproductive material or tissue) measure required to preserve the genetic heritage of a species.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 1 – chapter I – point 1 – point a – point i
Annex II – part 1 – chapter I – point 1 – point a – point i
(i) in point (i) of Article 2(i) in the case of purebred breeding animals of the bovine species (Bos taurus, Bos indicus and Bubalus bubalis), porcine species (Sus scrofa), ovine species (Ovis aries) and caprine species (Capra hircus);
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 1 – chapter I – point 1 – point a – point ii
Annex II – part 1 – chapter I – point 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) in point (ii) of Article 2(i) in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species (Equus caballus and Equus asinus). Both of the animal’s parents shall be accepted for breeding by the breed society;
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 1 – chapter I – point 3 a (new)
Annex II – part 1 – chapter I – point 3 a (new)
3a. A breed society which enters in its filial breeding book a pure-bred breeding animal of the equines species may not refuse to enter, or register with a view to entering, a castrated male of the equines species which meets the conditions laid down in paragraph 1(b) and (c), and, where appropriate, (d), if the parents of that animal were entered in the main section of that filial breeding book and accepted for breeding by the breed society.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – chapter II – point 5
Annex III – part 1 – chapter II – point 5
5. Bulls intended for artificial insemination, with the exception of bulls belonging to breeds threatened with extinction, shall be subjected to a genetic evaluation on, as a minimum requirement, compulsory traits as described in point 6a or 7. TAll of those breeding values shall be published by the breed society. All the other breeding values existing for bulls intended for artificial insemination programmes shall also be published by the breed society. The breeding values existing for bulls intended for natural services, as well as for females, shall also be published by the breed society.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 4(2)(b), the competent authority may refuse to recognise a breed society that complies with the requirements set out in Part 1 of Annex I where the breeding programme of that breed society would compromise: – the preservation or the genetic diversity of purebred breeding animals entered, or registered and eligible for entry, in the breeding book established for that breed by a breed society that has already been recognised in that Member State; or – the genetic diversity in terms of monitoring inbreeding and managing genetic anomalies as a result of a failure to coordinate and exchange information; or – the preservation and sustainable management of the animal genetic resources over which the Member State concerned exercises sovereignty and for which it has responsibility in accordance with the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and of the Nagoya Protocol.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. (Does not affect the English version)
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Breed societies and breeding operations shall, where necessary to carry out their breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(1) or Article 9, designate the institution which carries out the performance testing and the genetic evaluation of breeding animals provided for in Article 27: (a) carry out the requisite activities themselves; or (b) designate an outside body to which those activities are delegated.