13 Amendments of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns this situation and considers it unacceptable that, 13 years after the entry into force of the regulation, animals are still transported in violation of Regulation 1/2005 provisions in awful conditions in inadequate and overcrowded means of transport, which causes undue animal suffering and poses serious health risks to both animal and human health;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) Highlights Council decision (2004/544/CE) to sign the European Convention on the Protection of Animals during International Transport, where transport can be any one of the following; between two Member States passing through the territory of a non-EU Member State, between Member State and a non Member State or, between two Member States directly
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all Member States to ensure that journeys are planned and executed, from departure to destination, in line with EU animal welfare requirements, particularly in the case of extreme weather conditions, taking into account the different means of transport and the range of geographical conditions across the EU and third countries; 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, proper nutrition, the design and equipment of the vehicles and the number of animals loaded in the container unit
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call for the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to be limited to eight hours, with due consideration for loading and unloading times, and waiting times at borders, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea; takes the view that many of the severe problems related to the lengthy transport of live animals, in particular from the EU to third countries, would be solved by a shift to the transport of meat or carcasses instead of live animals;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to increase controls across the entire production chain in order to halt practices that infringe the Regulation 1/2005 and worsen the conditions for the transport of animals, such as allowing overstocked vehicles to continue their long journeys, or permitting control posts with inadequate facilities for resting, feeding and watering the transported animals to continue in use;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the fact that compliance with the regulation in the case of transport outside the EU is still poor, in the vast majority of the cases, completely absent, despite the Court of Justice’s rulings requiring transporters to abide by its provisions for the entire duration of journeys with destinations in third countries; urges the Commission and the Member States to set up coherent data collection systems on the number of animals loaded at origin, on the number of animals arriving alive, sick or injured at the point of destination in third countries, on the inspections actually carried out, the journey times and the rest periods and on the authorisations of transporters and means of transport;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that an EP Committee of Inquiry on live animal exports to third countries was not set-up despite the support of a large number of MEPs from different political groups; therefore calls on the European Parliament to establish the Inquiry Committee on Animal Transport on live animal exports to third countries as from the beginning of the upcoming parliamentary term in order to properly investigate and monitor the cruelty of animal transport;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to increase cooperation and communication between the competent authorities in all Member States in order to raise better awareness and share the best practices with regard to animal welfare aspects by different stakeholders involved in transport of live animals.
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the poor conditions prevailing during maritime transport, and calls on Member States to be more rigorous in their certification and approval procedures for vessels, and to improve their pre-loading checks on animal fitnesslivestock vessels and animal fitness that are required by Regulation 1/2005; calls on the Commission to provide a list of ports with adequate animal inspection facilities and on competent authorities not to approve journey logs that plan to use ports without such facilities;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that loading 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 required by Article 20 of Regulation1/2005;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Given the impossibility of safeguarding the welfare of unweaned animals during transport, calls on the Commission to prohibit the transport of unweaned animals on journeys over 4 hours;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on competent authorities not to approve journey logs where under the Court’s ruling animals must 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 to check, as required by Article 21 of Regulation 1/2005 as interpreted by the Court’s ruling, that before vehicles leave the EU they are not overcrowded, provide sufficient headroom, provide bedding, are carrying sufficient feed and water and that the ventilation and water devices are functioning correctly.
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)