Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The EFSA opinion 1a on Animal Transport from 2011 and the EFSA and EMA RONAFA opinion1b from 2016 underline the fact that long-distance transports weaken the immune systems of animals and that they are therefore susceptible to disease introduction and furthering the spread of antimicrobial resistance. _________________ 1a https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ep df/10.2903/j.efsa.2011.1966 1b https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ep df/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4666