Activities of Keith TAYLOR related to 2018/2110(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION implementation report as regards Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU
Amendments (31)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that Regulation 1/20051 has had a positive impact on the welfare of animals during transport; welcomes the Commission's guidelines on the subject, but notes that severe problems still persist; observes that enforcement of the regulation would appear to be the primary concern of those involved in its implementationRegrets the poor implementation of Regulation 1/2005,1 which has led to persistent animal welfare problems, owing mainly to a lack of enforcement by Competent Authorities; _________________ 1 Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1).
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a ban on all journeys over eight hours with a maximum of four hours for unweaned animals and for journeys to slaughter to be limited to four hours;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need for regional slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, including mobile slaughterhouses, and calls on the Commission to take all the necessary measures to promote slaughter closer to production and point of sale and also through administrative simplification;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises the current market distortion caused by differing tariffs applied to live animals and to meat, which strongly incentivises the trade in live animals; urges the Commission, alongside its trading partners, to review this distortion with the aim of reducing the trade in live animals and, where necessary, replacing these sales with meat;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Deplores the conditions at border controls on third country frontiers where severe lack of facilities mean long queues and overheating causing horrific suffering and fatalities for many animals;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Echoes the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment to the effect that EU traders must comply with the Regulation until the final destination; believes that if compliance cannot be guaranteed, live animal transexports should be banned;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that when animals are required to be unloaded for a 24-hour rest period in third countries, the organiser must identify a place for rest with facilities equivalent to those of a control post; calls on Competent Authorities to regularly inspect these facilities and not to approve journey logs if the proposed place for rest has not been confirmed to have facilities equivalent to those of an EU control post;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the transport time of unweaned animals and animals destined for slaughter should be limited to eightfour hours, taking account of transport conditions and loading time; calls for a ban on all other journeys over eight hours, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on official veterinarians at EU exit points to verify that animals are fit to continue their journey and that vehicles and/or vessels meet the requirements of the Regulation;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– Member States to be more rigorous in certification and approval procedures for vessels and to improve the Competent Authority’s checks on animal fitness before loading as well as more rigorous inspections during loading to ensure this is carried out in line with the requirements of the Regulation;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly favours the transportation of meat over live animals, which could significantly improve animal welfare, as well as reducing the volume of related transport, reducing emissions thereby having a positive impact on the environment;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recognises the need for a more regional and sustainable model of livestock production where animals are born, fattened and slaughtered in the same region instead of being transported over long distances; calls on the Commission to present innovative solutions to promote slaughter closer to production and point of sale including support for regional and mobile slaughterhouses, whilst ensuring the highest possible animal welfare standards;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the often lengthy delays at borders and the increased pain and distress for animals that they cause; calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve thiswhere the severe lack of resting, water and veterinary care facilities also result in increased pain and distress for animals as well as many fatalities; requires the Competent Authorities not to approve journey logs for such journeys until suituation; able facilities have been constructed;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 a (new)
– reduced stocking densities;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Requires Member States to urgently and substantially improve their implementation of and compliance with the Regulation;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights further poor conditions during road transport and calls for: – Member States to be more rigorous in certification and approval procedures for vehicles; – Competent Authorities to ensure that there is no gap between the bottom of the partition and the vehicle floor nor between the outer edge of the partition and the wall of the vehicle; – Member States to be more rigorous in determining whether to grant a certificate of competence to drivers and maintains that thorough training of drivers is vital in ensuring the proper treatment of animals;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises that it is at loading that many problems can be detected and remedied before the start of the journey therefore urges Member States to inspect a minimum number of vehicles at loading;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Believes a number of yearly inspections by the Food and Veterinary Office should be implemented in proportion to the number of violations reported by NGOs, FVO inspections and official reports;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that enforcement is particularly difficult when different Member States are responsible for approving journey loga journey involves many Member States; calls on all those Member States which disthat uncover breaches to notify all the other Member States involved, as required by the Regulation 1/2005; calls on the Member States receiving such notifications to act on them in a timely manner to prevent recurrence of the infringements;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Member States to make more effective use of the strong enforcement powers given to them under the Regulation, including the power to require transporters to establish systems to prevent the recurrence of breaches and to suspend or withdraw a transporter’s authorisation;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to make more effective use of the strong enforcement powers given to them under the Regulation, including the power to suspend or withdraw a transporter’s authorisation in the case of serious breaches;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Insists that Member States, in the case of a breach of the Regulation, require the transporters to establish effective systems to prevent any further breaches and to monitor implementation of these systems and to communicate these to other Member States;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the total number of checks carried out by national cCompetent aAuthorities pursuant to the Regulation 1/2005 has fallen, despite the number of intra-EU consignments in the EU containingof live animals having increased; calls onurges the Member States to ensure adequate controls for live animal transporttherefore significantly increase the minimum number of controls carried out at the time of loading as this is where many breaches can be detected and remedied;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes also the high increase in EU exports and calls on the Competent Authorities to inspect all consignments destined for third countries at loading; calls for official veterinarians at EU exit points to verify that every animal is fit to continue their journey beyond EU borders;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and transporters to strictly abide by the Court of Justice's ruling which concluded that the Regulation 1/2005 should apply to cases of exports to non-EU countries2 ; calls on the Member States to carry out further, until their final destination ; believes that if compliance cannot be guaranteed, live animal exports to third countrolsies should be banned; _________________ 2 Judgement of the Court of Justice of 23 April 2015, Zuchtvieh-Export GmbH v Stadt Kempten, C-424/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:259.
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that when animals are required to be unloaded for a 24 hour rest period in third countries, the organiser must identify a place for rest with facilities equivalent to those of a control post; calls on Competent Authorities to regularly inspect these facilities and not to approve journey logs if the proposed place for rest has not been confirmed to have facilities equivalent to those of an EU control post;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that many livestock vehicles and vessels should not have been approved as they are not fit to carry animals; calls on the Member States to be more rigorous in certification, approval and renewal procedures for vehicles and/or vessels and not to approve or renew the approval of livestock vehicles and/or vessels that do not meet the requirements of the Regulation 1/2005;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to be more rigorous in determining whether to grant a certificate of competence to drivers and maintains that thorough training of drivers is vital in ensuring the proper treatment of animals;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to align sanction levels in the case of breaches, as these can be more than 10 times higher in some Member States than in others. undertake a mapping exercise in order to align sanction levels and to ensure that penalties are effective, proportionate and dissuasive; calls on the Commission as guardian of the Treaties to take action against Member States who fail to implement and enforce the Regulation;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a black list of operators guilty of repetitive and serious breaches of the Regulation based on inspection and implementation reports; calls on the Commission to update and publish these blacklists frequently and also to facilitate the exchange between Member States of examples of best practice, both in transport and governance;