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10 Amendments of Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR related to 2018/2110(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the poor implementation of Regulation 1/2005, leading to persistentwhich should be based in concrete figures; Asks the Commission to present to the European Parliament the ongoing report with regard to the overall application and enforcement of the current legislation in the Union to reduce severe animal welfare problems during transport; considers that the requirements of the Regulation have not been sufficiently met;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a ban on all journeys over eight hours and for journeys to slaughter to bn assessment by the Commission and the EFSA, jointly with the EU platform on animal welfare, on the limited to four hourpact of long journeys on the welfare of animals;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Favours a more efficient transport system that gives priority to the transport of meat over live animals, whenever possible;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Echoes the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment, C-424/13 to the effect that EU traders must comply with the Regulation until the final destination; believes that if compliance cannot be guaranteed, livfeeding, watering and resting periods in the Regulation until the final destination even when a consignment has left the Union; Asks the Commission to promote animal welfare transport should be bannedinternationally and conduct initiatives to increase awareness among third countries;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Highlights poorthe need to improve conditions during maritime transport, as established by the current regulation and calls for:
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
the Commission to provide a list of ports with adequate animal inspection facilitieMember States to provide the Commission with detailed plans of their inspection facilities before using any port as exit point for animals and asks the Commission for mapping a list of ports with adequate animal inspection facilities and through this list disseminate the best practices among EU and non- EU ports;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
– a veterinarian to be present throughout all sea journeys, whenever possible; Member States should have a system in the ports to monitor and prove compliance with the current regulation, which allows the competent authority to take appropriate measures;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. DeploreHighlights the fact that, despite clear the European Commission should take into consideration recommendations from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), parts of the Regulation are not in line with current scientific knowledge, and calls for updated and scientific reports on animals transport and calls on Member States for a proper implementation on the following rules on:
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that Member States that detect breaches of the proper implementation of the Regulation, which leads totake corrective actions and sanctions to avoid unfair competition, inform the Commission thereof, provided that all the possibilities afforded by the regulation have been exhausted; calls on the Commission as guardian of the Treaties to take action against the Member States concerned, to undertake a mapping exercise identifying sanction systems, and, which systematically fail to implement and enforce the Regulation concerned, to ensure that penalties are effective and dissuasive;
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to continue cooperating with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), EFSA and Member States to support the implementation and proper enforcement of regulation 1/2005 to promote and enhanced dialogue on animal welfare during transport issues with a particular focus on: 1. better application of EU rules on animal welfare during transport, through exchanges of information and best practices and the direct involvement of stakeholders, 2. supporting training activities of drivers and transport companies; 3. better dissemination of the Animal Transport Guides and Factsheets, translated into all EU languages; 4. the development and use of voluntary commitments by businesses to further improve animal welfare during transport; 5. increase exchanges of information and best practices between national authorities for reducing the number of infringements caused by transport companies and drivers.
2018/09/27
Committee: TRAN