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2010/2979(RSP) Resolution on the EU laying hens industry: the ban on the use of battery cages from 2012

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RoP 136-p5

Events

2011/05/06
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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SP(2011)1737
2010/12/16
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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Results of vote in Parliament
2010/12/16
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

O-0178/2010

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Debate in Parliament
2010/12/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 459 votes to 32, with 17 abstentions, a resolution on the EU laying hens industry: the ban on the use of battery cages from 2012.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA, ECR and EFD.

Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens prohibits, as from 1 January 2012, the rearing of laying hens in unenriched cage systems, and whereas Member States and producers in the EU-15 will by then have had more than 12 years to ensure that they comply with the terms of the legislation, and producers in the EU-10 and EU-2 will have had respectively eight and five years, since enlargement, to comply.

Stating that many producers in the Union have started to change their production systems in order to comply with Council Directive 1999/74/EC, but will not have completed the process by the 1 January 2012 deadline, Parliament calls on the Commission to maintain the requirement for a ban on battery cages by 1 January 2012, as laid down in Directive 1999/74/EC, and strongly to oppose any attempts by Member States to secure a deferral of that deadline.

The resolution stresses that, as a matter of principle, postponement of the ban or derogations from it would seriously harm the welfare of laying hens, distort the market and penalise those producers who have already invested in non-cage or enriched-cage systems. Parliament believes, nevertheless, that a solution should be found, subject to clearly defined conditions, for those producers who have started to change their rearing systems, by introducing new cages or alternative rearing methods, but who will not have completed this process by 1 January 2012.

The Commission is called upon to monitor progress at frequent intervals and to take urgent action directed at Member States to make sure that their egg producers comply with the ban by 1 January 2012 and to urge them to develop national action plans, including dissuasive sanctions, with a view to ensuring that the use of battery cages is brought to an end on their territory by 1 January 2012.

Parliament points out that non-compliance with Directive 1999/74/EC may give rise to a risk of egg shortages and significant price increases for consumers. Such shortages and price increases could lead to increased imports of eggs or egg products from third countries that do not observe EU welfare standards.

The Commission is asked to:

step up its monitoring of the enforcement of the directive by means of more frequent inspections by the Food and Veterinary Office; submit, at the latest by 31 December 2011, a list of egg and egg-product producers, processors and retailers not complying with the provisions of Directive 1999/74/EC.

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T7-0493/2010
2010/12/16
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2010/12/13
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B7-0657/2010
2010/12/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B7-0705/2010
2010/12/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B7-0706/2010
2010/12/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B7-0714/2010
2010/12/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B7-0720/2010
2010/12/13
   Joint motion for resolution
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RC-B7-0705/2010

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Votes

RC-B7-0705/2010 - Am 2 #

2010/12/16 Outcome: +: 418, -: 103, 0: 1
FR IT ES PL DE HU CZ RO PT AT BE SK EL LT FI NL BG LV LU MT SI IE EE CY DK GB SE
Total
58
46
34
38
71
20
17
29
11
17
13
10
8
9
10
22
14
5
3
3
7
10
4
1
10
37
14
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Against (1)

Sophie AUCONIE
24

Italy PPE

28

Spain PPE

15

Poland PPE

Against (1)

Bogusław SONIK
20

Germany PPE

31

Hungary PPE

14

Czechia PPE

2

Romania PPE

13

Portugal PPE

4

Austria PPE

6

Belgium PPE

For (1)

Anne DELVAUX
1

Slovakia PPE

6

Greece PPE

5

Lithuania PPE

3

Finland PPE

3

Netherlands PPE

3

Bulgaria PPE

4

Latvia PPE

3

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

Simon BUSUTTIL
1

Slovenia PPE

3

Ireland PPE

4

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Sweden PPE

4
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France S&D

14

Italy S&D

8

Spain S&D

14

Poland S&D

5

Germany S&D

15

Hungary S&D

Abstain (1)

Csaba Sándor TABAJDI
4

Czechia S&D

7

Romania S&D

10

Portugal S&D

5

Austria S&D

For (1)

Evelyn REGNER
4

Belgium S&D

4

Slovakia S&D

2

Greece S&D

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3

Finland S&D

1

Netherlands S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

4

Malta S&D

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Ireland S&D

2

Estonia S&D

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Ivari PADAR
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Marita ULVSKOG
5
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11

Austria Verts/ALE

2

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4

Greece Verts/ALE

1

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For (1)

Satu HASSI
1

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3

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1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

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2

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Jean LAMBERT

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Keith TAYLOR
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13

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Hynek FAJMON
5

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Peter van DALEN
1

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Roberts ZĪLE
1

United Kingdom ECR

15
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4

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Willy MEYER
1

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4

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Portugal GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

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Joe HIGGINS
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

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1
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7

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Jaroslav PAŠKA
1

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2

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Timo SOINI
1

Netherlands EFD

For (1)

Bas BELDER
1

Denmark EFD

2

United Kingdom EFD

1
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1

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Philip CLAEYS
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1

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5
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Dirk STERCKX, Louis MICHEL
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Sergej KOZLÍK
1

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Leonidas DONSKIS
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3

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1

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RC-B7-0705/2010 - Résolution #

2010/12/16 Outcome: +: 459, -: 32, 0: 17
DE FR IT GB ES NL RO BG AT SE CZ FI DK BE IE LT PT SI SK PL LV EL EE LU MT CY HU
Total
66
53
47
41
35
22
26
15
16
14
14
12
12
11
9
9
11
7
10
36
6
6
4
3
3
1
18
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192

Germany PPE

31

France PPE

24

Italy PPE

28

Spain PPE

14

Netherlands PPE

3

Romania PPE

10

Bulgaria PPE

5

Austria PPE

6

Sweden PPE

4

Czechia PPE

2

Finland PPE

3

Denmark PPE

Abstain (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Belgium PPE

For (1)

Anne DELVAUX
1

Ireland PPE

3

Lithuania PPE

3

Portugal PPE

4

Slovenia PPE

3

Slovakia PPE

Against (1)

Edit BAUER

Abstain (1)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ
6

Poland PPE

19

Latvia PPE

3

Greece PPE

3

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

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Simon BUSUTTIL
1

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Ágnes HANKISS
12
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13

France S&D

12

Italy S&D

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David MARTIN
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Netherlands S&D

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Hannes SWOBODA
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5

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6

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2

Denmark S&D

4

Belgium S&D

4

Ireland S&D

1

Lithuania S&D

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4

Slovenia S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

2

Poland S&D

6

Latvia S&D

1

Greece S&D

2

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Ivari PADAR
1

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Csaba Sándor TABAJDI
4
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9

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4

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United Kingdom ALDE

10

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2

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5

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5

Bulgaria ALDE

5

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2

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4

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2

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3

Ireland ALDE

4

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1

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Sergej KOZLÍK
1

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1
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9

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11

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2

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3

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1

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1

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Indrek TARAND
1

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Claude TURMES
1
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32

United Kingdom ECR

15

Netherlands ECR

For (1)

Peter van DALEN
1

Czechia ECR

4

Poland ECR

Abstain (1)

Mirosław PIOTROWSKI
11

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1
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17

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5

Netherlands NI

4

Romania NI

1

Bulgaria NI

1

Austria NI

4

Hungary NI

2
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15

Italy EFD

7

United Kingdom EFD

Abstain (1)

John Stuart AGNEW
1

Netherlands EFD

For (1)

Bas BELDER
1

Finland EFD

For (1)

Timo SOINI
1

Denmark EFD

2

Lithuania EFD

2

Slovakia EFD

For (1)

Jaroslav PAŠKA
1
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18

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4

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2

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1

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Willy MEYER
1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

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For (1)

Joe HIGGINS
1

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Rui TAVARES
3

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    • date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20101216&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: O-0178/2010
    • date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2010-493 title: T7-0493/2010 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 459 votes to 32, with 17 abstentions, a resolution on the EU laying hens industry: the ban on the use of battery cages from 2012. The text adopted in plenary was tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA, ECR and EFD. Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens prohibits, as from 1 January 2012, the rearing of laying hens in unenriched cage systems, and whereas Member States and producers in the EU-15 will by then have had more than 12 years to ensure that they comply with the terms of the legislation, and producers in the EU-10 and EU-2 will have had respectively eight and five years, since enlargement, to comply. Stating that many producers in the Union have started to change their production systems in order to comply with Council Directive 1999/74/EC, but will not have completed the process by the 1 January 2012 deadline, Parliament calls on the Commission to maintain the requirement for a ban on battery cages by 1 January 2012, as laid down in Directive 1999/74/EC, and strongly to oppose any attempts by Member States to secure a deferral of that deadline. The resolution stresses that, as a matter of principle, postponement of the ban or derogations from it would seriously harm the welfare of laying hens, distort the market and penalise those producers who have already invested in non-cage or enriched-cage systems. Parliament believes, nevertheless, that a solution should be found, subject to clearly defined conditions, for those producers who have started to change their rearing systems, by introducing new cages or alternative rearing methods, but who will not have completed this process by 1 January 2012. The Commission is called upon to monitor progress at frequent intervals and to take urgent action directed at Member States to make sure that their egg producers comply with the ban by 1 January 2012 and to urge them to develop national action plans, including dissuasive sanctions, with a view to ensuring that the use of battery cages is brought to an end on their territory by 1 January 2012. Parliament points out that non-compliance with Directive 1999/74/EC may give rise to a risk of egg shortages and significant price increases for consumers. Such shortages and price increases could lead to increased imports of eggs or egg products from third countries that do not observe EU welfare standards. The Commission is asked to: step up its monitoring of the enforcement of the directive by means of more frequent inspections by the Food and Veterinary Office; submit, at the latest by 31 December 2011, a list of egg and egg-product producers, processors and retailers not complying with the provisions of Directive 1999/74/EC.
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