Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/2110(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU (debate) IT
Amendments (16)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to substantially improve compliance with the Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that enforcement is particularly difficult when a journey passes through several Member States and when different Member States are responsible for approving the journey logs; c, granting an authorisation to the transporter and granting a certificate of competence to the driver; Calls on all those Member States which discover breaches to notify the other Member States involved, as required by Article 26 of Regulation 1/2005;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point a (new)
(a) Notes that Article 26 of Regulation No 1/2005 gives Member States strong enforcement powers including requiring the transporter concerned to establish systems to prevent recurrence of the breach, and subjecting the transporter to extra checks such as requiring the presence of a veterinarian at loading of the animals; is concerned that many Member States do not use these powers properly; calls on the Member States to make effective use of the Article 26 powers to prevent recurrence of breaches;
Amendment 94 #
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 Regulation 1/2005 should apply to cases of exports to non-EU countries2 ; calls on the Member States to carry out further controls; calls on competent authorities not to approve journey logs where Regulation 1/2005 requires animals to be unloaded for a 24 hour rest in a non-EU country unless the organiser has identified a place for that rest that provides facilities equivalent to those of a control post; calls on official veterinarians at exit points from the EU to check, as required by Article 21 of Regulation 1/2005,that vehicles are not overcrowded, provide sufficient headroom, provide bedding, are carrying sufficient feed and water and that the ventilation and water devices are functioning correctly; _________________ 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 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Council to review Regulation (EC) N° 1/2005, and to introduce improvements relating to the following aspects: - vehicle specifications; - conditions during transport, such as compartments, provision of drinking water, temperature and humidity; - special driver training, appropriate speed and careful loading and unloading, to enable drivers to cope with the animals they transport; - increasing minimum space allowances and tightening the rules on the transport of pregnant and/or wounded animals;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to ensure an effective and uniform enforcement of existing EU legislation on animal transport across all Member States; considers that better enforcement is central to ensuring the effectiveness and workability of the existing legislation in order to improve transport conditions and avoid distortion of competition across EU Member States;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
(a) Notes that Article 20 of Regulation 1/2005 requires competent authorities to inspect livestock vessels before loading; calls on competent authorities to conduct such pre-loading inspections thoroughly to ensure that nothing in the vessel or its pens is harmful to the animals and that the major systems needed to ensure the animal’s well-being are operating effectively in all areas of the vessel;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point b (new)
Paragraph 8 – point b (new)
(b) Is concerned that competent authorities are often not properly carrying out the requirement in Article 20 of Regulation 1/2005 that they must inspect animals before loading onto livestock vessels to ensure that they are fit to continue their journey; this is often due to a lack of suitable facilities, such as pens where animals can rest after the road journey, to enable the competent authority to properly inspect the animals; calls on organisers not to use, and competent authorities not to approve journey logs that plan the use of, ports that do not have facilities that enable proper pre-loading inspection of animals;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point c (new)
Paragraph 8 – point c (new)
(c) Is concerned that loading of animals onto livestock vessels is often carried out roughly with the use of sticks and electric prods, loading ramps in some cases are steeper than the maximum slope permitted by Regulation 1/2005, and the entry to vessels at the end of the loading ramp is often unlit causing animals to balk as they do not want to move from light into dark areas; calls on competent authorities to properly inspect loading operations as are required by Article 20 of Regulation 1/2005;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that inspections must be carried out uniformly throughout the Union and on an adequate proportion of the animals transported each year within each Member State, in order to guarantee and maintain the proper functioning of the internal market and avoid distortions of competition within the EU; calls, in addition, on the Commission to increase the number of unannounced spot inspections by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) focused on animal welfare and the transport of animals; believes that differing methods of data collection and control mechanisms make it difficult to establish an accurate picture of compliance in individual Member States; calls therefore on the Commission to adopt a more harmonised reporting structure and to undertake further analysis of the data generated by FVO inspection reports and from Member States’ returns relating to their Multiannual National Control Plan (MANCP);
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Council and Commission to develop a strategy for moving towards a more regional model of livestock production in which, wherever practicable, animals are born, fattened and slaughtered in the same region instead of being transported over extremely long distances; considers that it would make sense to create incentives for the regional breeding, marketing and slaughter of animals in order to reduce unnecessarily long animal transport times;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Believes that animals should as a principle be slaughtered as close to their place of rearing as possible; calls therefore on the Commission to promote, where possible, local processing, especially with regard to diminishing the risk of transport-associated disease outbreaks and ensuring food quality and food safety; believes that EU policy should aim at helping create short and transparent supply chains, while safeguarding market supply in all Member States;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that it is important to underline the need to consider the latest scientific knowledge in preparing regulations on animal welfare; highlights the fact that the EFSA opinion1a 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, as well as the design of the vehicles; _________________ 1a Official Journal of EFSA 2011:9(1):1966 (125 pp.)
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Expresses concern at the number of reports of inappropriate vehicles being used to transport live animals both on land and at sea, and calls for the monitoring of such practices to be stepped up;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. 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 the EFSA recommendations;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Requests the Commission, in its bilateral trade negotiations with third countries, to demand implementation of the EU’s animal welfare rules and to defend the internationalisation, within the framework of the World Trade Organisation, of the Community provisions on the subject;