12 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas every year millions of animals are transported across Member States and to third countries over long distances to be bred, fattened or slaughtered;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe and the World Organisation for Animal Health state that animals should be reared as close as possible to the premises on which they are born and slaughtered as close as possible to the point of production. Transport of live animals should be replaced as much as possible by transport of carcasses.
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that a partial implementation is insufficient to achieve the Regulation’s overarching purpose of avoiding injury to or undue suffering of animals during transport, and that greater efforts should therefore be made to prevent serious incidents which have a significant impact on animal welfare and to prosecute those responsible for them;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RecCalls on Member States to make more effective use of their the strong enforcement powers given to Member States under the Regulation, including the power to require transporters to establish systems to prevent the recurrence of breaches and to suspend or withdraw a transporter’s authorisation;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Regrets that despite the fact that the number of intra-EU consignments of live animals has increased over the last decade, the total number of checks carried out by national competent authorities pursuant to the Regulation has fallen; calls on the Member States to ensure systematic and widespread checks;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses concern over journeys in which animals are watered with contaminated water that is unfit for consumption and journeys in which animals are deprived of access to water because of malfunctioning or badly located watering devices; stresses that vehicles used for the transport of live animals should ensure that sufficient water is supplied during journeys, and in any case, the amount supplied should be appropriate for the specific requirements of the animals being transported and for the number of those animals;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that infringements are often due to the inadequacy of the ventilation systems of vehicles used for the road transport of live animals over long distances and that in these situations, animals are forced into small spaces which have extreme temperatures, well beyond the range of temperatures and tolerance limits set out in the Regulation;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Regrets that compartments for animals do not always provide sufficient space to allow adequate ventilation inside vehicles and that natural movements for animals are prevented, often forcing them to take up unnatural positions for long periods, in clear violation of the technical rules set out in Article 6 and Annex I, Chapter II, point 1.2 of the Regulation;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Regrets the infringements of the Regulation that concern the failure to apply, or properly apply, the specific rules concerning unweaned animals, such as calves, lambs, kids, foals and piglets which are still on a milk diet, and calls for the introduction of more detailed measures to ensure that the welfare of these animals is fully protected during transport;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19f. Is concerned about the infringements of the Regulation caused by the failure to carry out brief inspections prior to the loading of live animals onto vessels and about the fact that such operations are often carried out using cruel instruments and practices, such as the use of sticks and electric prods, or through the use of unsuitable loading facilities;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Considers it necessary to make it compulsory for veterinarians to be present on board ships used for the transport of live animals, to report and keep count of the number of animals that die during the journeys and to draw up emergency plans to deal with any situations at sea that might have a negative impact on the welfare of the animals being transported;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Strongly criticises the statistics drawn up by the Commission on compliance with the Regulation as regards the journeys made to transport live animals to third countries and stresses that they have been drawn up without any systematic checks on animal transport vehicles;