Activities of Jørn DOHRMANN related to 2018/2110(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU (debate) DA
Protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU (debate) DA
Reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of Council Regulation No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU PDF (293 KB) DOC (114 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RecCalls on the Member States to make more effective use of 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 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for increased cooperation between competent authorities to strengthen enforcement by using technology to create a real-time feedback loop between the Member State at the point of departure and the Member State at the point of arrival; takes the view that should animals which started out in a good state of fitness arrive in a poor state of fitness, then the extransporter company must be immediately penalised; further takes the view that competent authorities should strictly penalise the organiser and the certifying officer of a journey log at the Member State of departure in the event of a journey log being falsely or misleadingly filled in;
Amendment 219 #
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 livestock vessels and animal fitness; calls on the Commission to provide a list of ports with adequate animal inspection facilities; further calls on competent authorities to not approve journey logs that plan to use ports without such facilities;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Calls on Member States to develop and apply a risk-based strategy to target their inspection activities on high-risk transports in order to maximise the efficiency of the limited inspection resources;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 b (new)
Subheading 3 b (new)
Calls on the Commission to provide guidance to Member States on how TRACES can be used to support the preparation of risk analyses for inspections on the transport of live animals, as recommended by the Court of Auditors in its 2018 special report;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 c (new)
Subheading 3 c (new)
Notes that enforcement is particularly difficult when a journey passes through several Member States and when different Member States (i) approve the journey log, (ii) grant the transporter’s authorisation, (iii) grant the vehicle’s certificate of approval and (iv) grant the driver’s certificate of competence; calls on Member States which discover breaches to notify all the other Member States involved as required by Article 26 of Regulation 1/2005 so that they can prevent recurrence of the breaches;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 d (new)
Subheading 3 d (new)
Agrees with the Commission that it is good practice for competent authorities to inspect all consignments destined for non- EU countries at loading; believes that a proportion of intra-EU consignments should also be inspected at loading; notes that at loading, competent authorities can check that the Regulation’s requirements on floor space and headroom are being observed, that the ventilation and water systems are operating properly, that the drinking devices are working properly and are appropriate for the species being carried, that no unfit animals are loaded, and that sufficient feed and bedding are being carried;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned at persistent reports of animal welfare problems in certain third countries; notes that slaughter in certain third countries to which the EU sends animals entails extreme and prolonged suffering and regularly breaches the international standards on welfare at slaughter of the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health); calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a shift towards the transport of meat or carcasses, instead of live animals, to third countries;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for consistent and full compliance with the 2015 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-424/13, in which the Court ruled that, for the transport of animals involving a long journey commencing in EU territory and then continuing outside of it, the transporter, in order to be authorised to depart, must submit a true and accurate travel log for the purpose of verifying compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005; 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 anon-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 Regulation1/2005 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 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Deplores the fact that the standards practised by certain third countries are not as high as those within the EU; calls on the Commission to strengthen the existing requirements vis-à-vis the Union’s trading partners, especially regarding trade in animals;