19 Amendments of Norbert ERDŐS related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport is stressful for animals as it exposes them to a range of challenges for hours at a time; whereas, as regards trade with third countries, additional animal suffering iscan be caused by very long journeys including long stops at borders for checking documents, vehicles and animals;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas according to some sources and assessments, fitness issues are responsible for the largest percentage of infringements, while documentation issues account for the second largest;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the transport of meat and other animal products is technically easier and ethically more rational than the transport of live animals for the sole purpose of being slaughtered;
Amendment 92 #
1. Deplores the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 by the Member States has been insufficient to meet the Regulation’s main objective, which ily ambitious to improve animal welfare during transport;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that a partial implementation ishas in many cases proved insufficient to achieve the Regulation’s overarching purpose of avoiding injury to or undue suffering of animals during transport;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that theany systematic breach of the Regulation by Member States might leads to unfair competition, which may resulting in an uneven playing field between operators in the different Member States;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Commission ignored Parliament’s resolution of 12 December 2012, and emphasises that stronger and harmonised enforcement with effective and dissuasive penalties is central to improving animal welfare during transport; further regrets that the Commission ignored the call made on it in that resolution to check the Regulation for incompatibilities with legal requirements in individual Member States;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that repeated infringements should lead to prosecution, penalties including the confiscation of vehicles, and compulsory retraining of those responsible for the welfare and transport of animals;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for increased cooperation between competent authorities to strengthen enforcement by using technology to create a real-time feedback loop between the Member State at the point of departure and the Member State at the point of arrival; takes the view that should animals which started out in a good state of fitness arrive in a poor state of fitness, then the exporter company must be immediately penalised;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission, according to the 2018 Court of Auditors special report on animal welfare in the EU, has recognised that the data reported by Member States is not complete, consistent, reliable or sufficiently detailed to permit drawing conclusions on compliance at EU level;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the reduction, as far as possible, of animal journey times, in particular long and very long journey times, by employing alternative strategies, such as economically viable local slaughter facilities, replacing the transport of breeding animals by using semen or embryos, and transportation of carcasses and meat products, as well as by means of legislative initiatives in Member States to facilitate on-farm slaughter;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists that animal welfare legislation should be based on science and the latest technology; deplores the fact that, despite clear recommendations from EFSA and Parliament’s request in its 2012 resoluticalls on, the Commission has failed to update the rules on animal transport with the latest scientific evidence; calls on the Commission, therefore, to update the rules on the basis of the latest scientific knowledge and technology, in particular as regards factors including sufficient ventilation and cooling in all vehicles, appropriate drinking systems, particularly for unweaned animals, and specific minimum headroomto update the rules on the basis of the latest scientific knowledge and technology;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to develop a full working definition of what constitutes fitness, and to provide robust training courses to farmers, drivers and veterinarians in order to reduce the high levels of fitness infringement in Member States;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for more extensive use of the rural development measure ‘animal welfare payments’, pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/20137, which provides support for high standards of animal welfare going beyond the applicable mandatory standards; _________________ 7 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 347. OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 347.
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned at persistent reports of animal welfare problems in third countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a shift towards the transport of meat or carcasses, instead of live animals, to third countries in so far as this is possible;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29