15 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND related to 2016/2078(INI)
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the considerable economic and social contribution equidae make throughout the EUfor the EU Member States;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that good equid health and welfare boosts the economic output of farms and businesses alike and benefits the rural economy overall, as well as that of local authorities (e.g. use of horses for municipal maintenance work), and benefits the rural economy overall; notes also that horse owners are fully aware that it is in their own interests to give their animals the best possible care;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Affirms that equid owners should have a minimum level of knowledge of equid husbandry, and that with ownership comes a personal responsibility for the standard of health and welfare of the animals in their care;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres for improved levels of compliance with, and consistent enforcement of, legislatifact that no details have been provided of the form the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres are to take or of how they are to be funded and how much funding is to be provided; calls, not least on, along with the dissemination of information and best practice relating to animal welfccount of the subsidiarity principle, for Member States to retain control over law-making in this area;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to actively support the development of guides to good practice, by releasing resources for translation of such documents and assisting with their distributionMember States to support the implementation of good practices without establishing new programmes and/or guides whose cost and usefulness cannot be clearly established;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding and the benefits of equid sterilisation; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats, including online;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to recommit to the development of a European Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism, with the dissemination of clear information to help tourists make welfare-friendly choices when deciding whether or not to use the services of working equidae, in consultation with national federations;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to support the work of veterinary surgeons as the parties in the best position to survey the conditions in which Equidae live and to denounce abuses, in view of the work that they do on the ground, which means that they are the first to come into contact with injured or sick animals;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to draw up strict legislation regarding the mistreatment and abandonment of animals;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission to encourage horse owners to form associations to protect themselves in the event of a crisis;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Observes that only a minority of horse owners and/or breeders commit criminal acts;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on donkey milk farming; calls on the Member States to commit to increasing the number of inspections on donkey milk farms;