AMENDMENTS 1 - 81 · PDF fileKartika Tamara Liotard (PE486.180v01-00) The European Union...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2012/2043(INI)

3.5.2012

AMENDMENTS1 - 81

Draft opinionKartika Tamara Liotard(PE486.180v01-00)

The European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015(2012/2043(INI))

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Amendment 1Pilar Ayuso

Draft opinionParagraph 1

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1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU’s strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;

1. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty has included for the first time, in Article 13thereof, the principle of animal welfare,as it did previously for environmental protection; points out that the Treaty clearly defines the policies in which the European Union must ensure the welfare of animals;

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Amendment 2Elena Oana Antonescu



1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;

1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare should be coherent with other EU policies and must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;

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Amendment 3Julie Girling

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1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in allpolicy areas;

1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of animals in relevant policy areas;

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Amendment 4Andrea Zanoni, Kartika Tamara Liotard



1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actionsto promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;

1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection and legally preeminent to all internal market policies; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives, actions and instruments to include the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;

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Amendment 5Britta Reimers, Christa Klaß, Holger Krahmer


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1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU’s strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;

1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU’s strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas, in particular environment, climate change, competition and trade policy;

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Amendment 6Horst Schnellhardt

Draft opinionParagraph 1 – point 1 (new)


1a. Welcomes the European Union Animal Health Strategy 2012–2015, butnotes with regret that the importance of healthy animals for public health, as promoted in the concept of ‘Animals + Humans = One Health’, or the link between animal health and animal welfare does not feature in that strategy;

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Amendment 7Dan Jørgensen

Draft opinionParagraph 1 a (new)


1 a. Strongly regrets that the Commission

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has failed to come up with new legislative proposals that will improve the welfare of the animals in the EU as a part of the Strategy; acknowledges that better enforcement is a key element in better animal welfare in the EU but insists that new legislation must be presented in order to improve the current animal welfare standards.

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1 a. Stresses that improved animal welfare relates to food safety and economic benefits for the food chain;

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2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals, whether domesticated or stray, as well as invasive alien species, and fish;

2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy, provided that such a legal framework is not allowed to dilute existing national provisions and that the principle of subsidiarity is carefully examined; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals, whether domesticated or stray, as

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well as invasive alien species;

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Amendment 10Sophie Auconie




2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science;

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2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals;

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2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals used for commercial purposes, including fish;

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Amendment 13Kriton Arsenis




2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals, whether domesticated or stray, as well wild animals kept in zoos and aquariums as invasive alien species, and fish;

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2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals, whether domesticated or stray, as well as invasive alien species, and fish; further welcomes acknowledgement of the need for the general public to be more effectively informed about animal welfare;

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2 a. Stresses the need to improve animal welfare through maintaining and developing policies and legal standards in the area of livestock farming, live animal transport - also called live export, wildlife protection, and animals used in research and testing;

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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments toresolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

3. Urges the Commission to adapt, reinforce, or introduce new policy instruments to mitigate infringements of animal welfare legislation, where demonstrated by clear scientific evidence, such as in the cases of farmed fish and live animal transport;

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Amendment 17Britta Reimers, Holger Krahmer



3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, factoring in abetter share-out of animal welfare costs along the food chain, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems and whereeconomically justified and financially attainable solutions can be found, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems;

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Amendment 20Kartika Tamara Liotard, Judith A. Merkieson behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments, such as outcome-based animal welfare indicators and criteria associated with a risk assessment system as applied in the food safety area, to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments such as species-specific legislation to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

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Amendment 22Matthias Groote


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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare and animal transportproblems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including in particular the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport; points out that use should be made of the EFSA scientific opinion of the EFSA in this connection;

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Amendment 23Britta Reimers, Holger Krahmer




3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport, as well as animal welfare costs;

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Amendment 24Bas Eickhouton behalf of the Verts/ALE Group



3. Urges the Commission, where there is 3. Urges the Commission, where there is

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clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, beef cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

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3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, rabbits, farmed fish and live animal transport;

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Amendment 26Kartika Tamara Liotardon behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Draft opinionParagraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)


4. Regrets that the strategy fails to promote high levels of animal welfare standards by using the opportunities in the Sustainable Consumption and Production, Green Public Procurement and Corporate Social Responsibility policies;

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4. Stresses that the list of actions included in the Strategy must include:

4. Stresses that the list of actions included in the Strategy should be extended as follows:

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4. Stresses that the list of actions included in the Strategy must include:

4. Stresses that the list of actions included in the Strategy could include:

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Amendment 29Bas Eickhout

Draft opinionIndent 1


– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – revision of Regulation 1/2005, including a proposal to limit the transport of farmed animals to 8 hours;

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– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – revision of Regulation 1/2005 including the introduction of an 8 hour limit for animals transported with the purpose of being slaughtered;

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Amendment 31Matthias Groote



– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – revision of Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations in the light of Written Declaration 49/2011, adopted on 15 March 2012, on the establishment of a maximum 8-hour journey limit for animals transported in the European Union for the purpose of being slaughtered;

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– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – revision of Regulation 1/2005, as requested, inter alia, by Written Declaration 49/2011 adopted on 15 March 2011 and by over 1,100,000 signatories of the 8hours petition;

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– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – revision of Regulation 1/2005; and a genuine move towards simplifying the applicable statutory provisions and reducing administrative costs, leading to greater flexibility for economic operators;

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– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – compliance with Regulation 1/2005;

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– revision of Regulation 1/2005; – review or revision of Regulation 1/2005;

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– introduction of EU guidelines or implementing rules on the protection of animals at the time of killing;

– introduction of EU guidelines or implementing rules on the protection of animals at the time of killing as a requirement for imports;

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Amendment 37Peter van Dalen




– introduction of EU guidelines or implementing rules on the protection of animals at the time of killing, with due regard for freedom of religion;

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– introduction of EU guidelines or implementing rules on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter;

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Amendment 39Oreste Rossi

Draft opinionIndent 2 a (new)


- the introduction of rules for informing consumers, on labels, about animal slaughtering methods;

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– a legislative proposal introducing a ban on cloning and on the placing on the market of products from clones and their offspring;

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– a legislative proposal introducing a ban on cloning and on the placing on the market of products from clones and their offspring;

– a legislative proposal on the use of meat, meat products and milk from cloned animals and their offspring;

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– a legislative proposal introducing a banon cloning and on the placing on the market of products from clones and their offspring;

– a legislative proposal on cloning and on the placing on the market of products from clones and their offspring;

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- implementation of the European Declaration on alternatives to surgical castration of pigs;

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- a legislative proposal laying down minimum standards for the protection of rabbits.

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- a legislative proposal introducing a ban on the genetic modification of animals and on the placing on the market of products from genetically modified animals and their offspring;

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Amendment 46Christofer Fjellner



- a maximum eight-hour limit on the transport of animals;

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4 a. Draws attention to the fact that EU's dog and cat population is estimated at around one hundred million animals, and regrets that no EU legislation exists on pet animal welfare; calls therefore on the Commission to promote pet welfare by ensuring minimum standards for the treatment and protection of pets, banning their killing, and introducing a compulsory registration and micro-chipping system, as requested, inter alia, by Written Declaration 26/2011 adopted on 13 October 2011;

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Draft opinionParagraph 4 b (new)


4 b. Considers that the European Framework Law on Animal Welfare should approach the issue of stray animal, which is particularly serious in the EU's southern and eastern Member States, by implementing effective sterilisation measures; calls on the European Union and the Member States to ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals;

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Draft opinionParagraph 4 c (new)


4 c. Considers that the European Framework Law on Animal Welfare should include measures aimed at solving the problem concerning the possession of wild birds from capture or from farming used in some Member States as live decoys in hunting migratory birds, in conditions incompatible with their nature.

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5. Calls on the Commission to adopt an EU-wide strategy for the development and use of alternative non-animal testing methods, in the context of the revision of EU legislation and of new technologies;

5. Encourages the Commission to adopt an EU-wide strategy for the development and use of alternative non-animal testing methods as soon as possible, in the context of the revision of EU legislation and of new technologies;

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5. Calls on the Commission to adopt an EU-wide strategy for the development and use of alternative non-animal testing methods, in the context of the revision of EU legislation and of new technologiessuch as, but not restricted to, nanotechnology and cloning;

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5. Calls on the Commission to adopt an EU-wide strategy for the development and use of alternative non-animal testing methods, in the context of the revision of EU legislation and of new technologies;supports the final deadline of March 2013 which prevents the sale of new cosmetics tested on animals and calls on the Commission not to extend it nor to grant any exemptions;

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5. Calls on the Commission to adopt an 5. Calls on the Commission to adopt an

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EU-wide strategy for the development and use of alternative non-animal testing methods, in the context of the revision of EU legislation and of new technologies;

EU-wide strategy for the development and use of alternative non-animal testing methods, in the context of the revision of EU legislation and of new technologies; points out, however, that consumer safety must remain the priority;

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Amendment 54Oreste Rossi



5a. Calls on the Commission to introduce rules for an eight-hour daily limit for the transport of live animals for slaughter;

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Amendment 55Glenis Willmott



5 a. Urges the Commission to begin the study into labelling meat with whether the animal was stunned or not before slaughter, as agreed in the Food Information to Consumers Regulation 1169/2011, as soon as possible.

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Amendment 56Dan Jørgensen, Daciana Octavia Sârbu

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5a. Calls on the Commission to actively support relevant strategy-setting and research functions of the EU Reference Laboratory (the Joint Research Centre) to identify priority areas for replacement of animal research techniques, including through identification of human toxicity and disease pathways, and development of human-relevant in-vitro and computational models of disease.

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6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainablemethods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;

6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;

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6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare,thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;

6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare;

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Amendment 59Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu



6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;

6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance; this should include a report evaluating the extent of routine prophylactic, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in agriculture, as well as of the existing systems of monitoring and reporting on this matter in all the EU member states;

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6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance; recommends drawing on practical experience;

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6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thereby also helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;

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Draft opinionParagraph 6 – point 1 (new)


(1) Acknowledges that the use of veterinary medicinal products, including antibiotics, serves to restore animal health and therefore to reduce the suffering of sick animals; points out that such treatment of disease in animals helps prevent zoonoses and thus protect public health;

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6 a. Calls on the Commission to accord highest priority to animal welfare in the context of negotiations in the WTO (World Trade Organization) and bilateral agreements.

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6 a. Supports the principle of labelling of food products that comply with animal welfare standards which are higher than legal requirements; calls on the Commission to build on its report COM (2009)584 by coming forward with legislative proposals on EU-wide labelling schemes for meat and dairy products as well as eggs in processed products, to inform consumers about the farming method used and their impact on the welfare of animals, in order to achieve the maximum effective and consistent communication to consumers;

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6 a. Urges the Council to guarantee substantial improvement of animal welfare through rural development, particularly by providing for adequate funding for the animal welfare payment and ensuring that all rural development programmes for the period 2014-2020 include the animal welfare measure.

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6 a. Stresses the need for CAP after 2013 to support farmers who apply higher animal welfare standards beyond cross-compliance, and adapt specific measures in order for EU agriculture to move from industrial livestock production to more sustainable, environmental friendly, humane forms of animal husbandry;

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6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use cross-compliance as a tool to improve enforcement of EU animal welfare legislation; believes in that regard that all the EU standards on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes should be included in cross-compliance and that penalties should be high enough to be dissuasive.

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7. Calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare as an objective of the future 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce the use of animals in research, to protect wild animals, to effectively protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming.

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7. Calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare as an objective of the future 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce the use of animals in research, to protect wild animals, to effectively protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming;

7. Stresses the clear relation with animal health, human health and the protection of the environment and calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare as an objective of the future 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce the use of animals in research, to protect wild animals, to effectively protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming;

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7. Calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare as an objective of thefuture 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce theuse of animals in research, to protect wild animals, to effectively protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming;

7. Calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare into the 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce the number of animals in research, to protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming;

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7. Calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare as an objective of the future 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce the use of animals in research, to protect wildanimals, to effectively protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming;

7. Calls on the Commission to integrate animal welfare as an objective of the future 7th environment action programme, ensuring, in particular, the inclusion of strategies and actions aiming to reduce the use of animals in research, to protect zooanimals, to effectively protect and improve biodiversity, and to promote sustainable livestock farming;

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Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Horizon 2020 Research Programme foresees adequate opportunities for research in the fields of biodiversity conservation, wildlife trade, the development and validation of non-animal alternatives and the impact of emerging technologies such as, but not restricted to, nanotechnology and cloning;

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Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the food businesses, in order to enable consumers to make informed choices, to develop mechanisms for informing consumers about the farming method used to produce meat and dairy products and its impact on the welfare of animals;

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7 a. Calls on the European Commission

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and Member States to take the necessary measures to educate stakeholders as to the requirements for keeping wild animal species in captivity; ensuring effective use of a species-specific enrichment programme that provides appropriate mental and physical stimulation, in order to improve the welfare of wild animals currently in captivity. Calls for an urgent and thorough implementation of the Zoo Directive and to ensure enforcement personnel and zoo veterinarians are appropriately trained and qualified.

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7 a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to address the issue of compliance with animal welfare law as a matter of priority; encourages the Commission to include in any legislative proposal in this field an obligation for Member States to establish implementation plans, and provide for systems of early identification of Member States struggling to meet deadlines with the possibility of intervention in case milestones are not met;

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7 a. 8. Recognizes that labelling is an important mechanism for improving EU standards of farm animal welfare and enabling consumers to make informed choices; Calls therefore on the Commission to introduce mandatory labelling, that informs consumers on the farming system used to produce meat and dairy products, as is already the successful case for eggs;

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7a. Urges the Commission, when negotiating bilateral trade agreements with third countries, to require those countries to comply with European animal welfare rules when exporting both livestock and meat products to the Community market;

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7 a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to take the necessary measures to educate stakeholders as to the requirements for keeping and handling wild animal species; to discourage the purchase of wild animals by private individuals; and to improve the welfare of wild animals currently in captivity. Calls for an urgent and thorough implementation of the Zoo Directive and for enforcement personnel to be appropriately trained and qualified.

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7b. Calls on the Commission to introduce labelling for meat from slaughter without stunning;

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7b. Calls on the Commission to launch an extensive consumer information campaign about European animal welfare legislation, communicating any changes

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required of European producers as such changes occur, in order for consumers to understand resulting price increases, to make the efforts of producers more visible and to improve the added value of their products;

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Amendment 81Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Dan Jørgensen



7 b. Recalls the role which could be played by an EU coordinated network of animal welfare centres in providing significant, high quality, professional and consistent support to Member States and other stakeholders regarding best practice in animal welfare.

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