10 Amendments of Marlene MIZZI related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns this situation and considers it unacceptable that, 13 years after the entry into force of the regulation, animals are still transported in violation of Regulation 1/2005 provisions in awful conditions in inadequate and overcrowded means of transport, which causes undue animal suffering and poses serious health risks to both animal and human health;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) Highlights Council decision (2004/544/CE) to sign the European Convention on the Protection of Animals during International Transport, where transport can be any one of the following; between two Member States passing through the territory of a non-EU Member State, between Member State and a non Member State or, between two Member States directly
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all Member States to ensure that journeys are planned and executed, from departure to destination, in line with EU animal welfare requirements, particularly in the case of extreme weather conditions, taking into account the different means of transport and the range of geographical conditions across the EU and third countries; stresses that other aspects come into play in the welfare of animals aside from the duration of the journey, such as proper loading and unloading, proper nutrition, the design and equipment of the vehicles and the number of animals loaded in the container unit
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)
(a) Expresses concern at the number of reports of inappropriate vehicles being used to transport live animals both on land and sea, and calls for the monitoring of such practices to be stepped up; calls on the Commission to undertake research into how new and existing technology can be applied in livestock vehicles to regulate, monitor and register temperature and humidity, which are essential elements for controlling and protecting the welfare of specific categories of animals during transport, in line with EFSA recommendations;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call for the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to be limited to eight hours, with due consideration for loading and unloading times, and waiting times at borders, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea; takes the view that many of the severe problems related to the lengthy transport of live animals, in particular from the EU to third countries, would be solved by a shift to the transport of meat or carcasses instead of live animals;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to increase controls across the entire production chain in order to halt practices that infringe the Regulation 1/2005 and worsen the conditions for the transport of animals, such as allowing overstocked vehicles to continue their long journeys, or permitting control posts with inadequate facilities for resting, feeding and watering the transported animals to continue in use;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the fact that compliance with the regulation in the case of transport outside the EU is still poor, in the vast majority of the cases, completely absent, despite the Court of Justice’s rulings requiring transporters to abide by its provisions for the entire duration of journeys with destinations in third countries; urges the Commission and the Member States to set up coherent data collection systems on the number of animals loaded at origin, on the number of animals arriving alive, sick or injured at the point of destination in third countries, on the inspections actually carried out, the journey times and the rest periods and on the authorisations of transporters and means of transport;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that an EP Committee of Inquiry on live animal exports to third countries was not set-up despite the support of a large number of MEPs from different political groups; therefore calls on the European Parliament to establish the Inquiry Committee on Animal Transport on live animal exports to third countries as from the beginning of the upcoming parliamentary term in order to properly investigate and monitor the cruelty of animal transport;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urgently calls on the Commission, in the light of these systematic enforcement issues, to establish effective monitoring of the compliance with the regulation at all levels in all Member States, to immediately launch the necessary investigations into possible breaches of the regulation, and to open infringement procedures against the Member States responsible, where appropriate.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to increase cooperation and communication between the competent authorities in all Member States in order to raise better awareness and share the best practices with regard to animal welfare aspects by different stakeholders involved in transport of live animals.