Activities of Jan MULDER related to 2007/2260(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Animal health strategy 2007-2013 (debate)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there is no difference between the quality of products derived from (emergency) vaccinated animals and products derived from unvaccinated animals, but markets in and outside the EU might not always be ready to accept products derived from (emergency) vaccinated animals and livestock farmers and other operators need sufficient guarantees that markets would be ready to receive those products without price cuts,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas opening borders, increased global demand for food, increased global trade, increased global mobility of persons, global warming and illegal trade lead to increased animal health risks,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Invites the Commission to present an action plan, as envisaged in the animal health strategy;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of the role to be played by the veterinary profession, which should be at the forefront of the development and delivery of specialised and proactive services such as animal health planning; expresses its concerns about veterinary coverage of certain rural areas in the EU;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the proposed strategy can produce positive results if clear and transparent arrangements are laid down for the funding of the individual measures, something that the Commission communication fails to doand therefore calls on the Commission to work this out in the Action Plan; considers that the strategyAction Plan should clearly indicate by whom, and in what amount, individual measures – such as ensuring biological security on farms, vaccination programmes, scientific research or higher animal welfare standards – are to be funded;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the heightened risks involved in long-distance transport of live animals, which spreads disease and hampers disease-control efforts; considers, in this connection, that restrictions should be placed on the transport of live animals and that thought should be given to placing an eight-hour ceil; considers, in this connection, that sanitary and animal welfare rules concerning transport of live animals should be intensely controlled and tightened if deemed necessary; believes that the quality of transport is more important in terms of animal welfare, than its duration; calls for the swift introduction of an integrated electronic European animal registration system, including onGPS transport timcking of lorries;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need for a coherent communication strategy on the new Animal Health Strategy of the European Union, which should involve close co- operation with all stakeholders organisations at EU, national and local level;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Agrees that there is a need to ensure that unjustified national or regional animal health rules do not constitute an obstacle to the internal market, and in particular that the resources deployed in response to the outbreak of disease are proportional to the threat posed and are not used for unjustified trade discrimination purposes, especially with regard to products derived from vaccinated animals;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the need for a revision of the current cofinancing instrument, among others to prevent distortion of competition between farmers in different Member States, and stresses that cofinancing arrangements should cover, among other things, rdiskease categorisation, on the basis of the principle that the greater the risk, the greater the responsibility of anyone contributing to that risknature of the combat measures to be applied, risks for public health and other external effects;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Fully shares the view that the compensation system cannot be confined to the provision of compensation to owners of animals that are culled in response to the outbreak of disease, but should be combined with risk-prevention incentives, on the basis of the principle that the better the animal health and welfare standards owners maintain, the better they are compensated in the event of a disease outbreak; takes the view that that principle should also apply to Member States, as an incentive to reduce risk levelreductions of contributions by farmers to national or regional animal health funds, in case they take extra risk reducing measures;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Endorses provision being made in the EU legal framework for the possibility of covering indirect losses not resulting solely from disease-eradication measures; points out that indirect losses can in some cases be more severe than direct losses, and that provision should therefore be made for compensation for such losses; notes, however, that private insurance might be a more efficient instrument for dealing with such losses in certain cases;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that EU legislation is already based to a significant extent on compliance with OIE/Codex standards and that there is good reason to strive fully to comply with those standards and for the EU to promote its own animal health standards with a view to their adoption at international level; support therefore, with a view to increase the EU's negotiating power within the OIE, a possible EU membership to the OIE; stresses furthermore the importance to safeguard the input of stakeholders at OIE/Codex level;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Acknowledges in certain cases the grounds for introducing more stringent sanitary or phytosanitary standards than those adopted at international level; stresses, at the same time, that those standards should not distort competition;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Points to the need to improve the level of biosecurity on holdings and to encourage all operators to raise standards, while acknowledging that infectious diseases can strike on both small and large farms, on holdings where animals are kept for leisure, in zoos, in nature reserves, in slaughterhouses and during animal transport and transit;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes identification and tracing to be particularly important in animal health monitoring and disease prevention; supports, in this connection, action covering the electronic identification of animals and the introduction of a comprehensive animal movement monitoring system, but draws attention to the cost of such a system, particularly for small-scale livestock breeders; calls on the Commission to help farmers to cope with the high costs incurred by the procurement of the required equipment, by creating the possibility for Member States to incorporate such measures within their rural development programs;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Shares the view that better border biosecurity is particularly important in view of the fact that the EU is the world's largest importer of food, including animal products; considers that, in view of the risk of infection-carrying or diseased animals being brought into the EU, veterinary and sanitary checks at EU borders need to be particularly thorough and stringent, including strict controls of travellers arriving from outside the EU; calls furthermore on the Commission and the Member States to set up appropriate communication plans to inform civilians about the risks associated with the private import of animals and animal products;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Takes the view that veterinary and customs controls at EU borders should be particularly rigorous with a view to preventing the illegal import of or trafficking in animals and animal products, given the major risk of spreading disease that they entail; draws attention, in this connection, to the need for organisational, training and financial assistance to be provided to veterinary services at the EU's external borders, in particular in the new Member States;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to significantly step up its cooperation with developing countries in providing them with technical assistance, on the one hand to help them to meet our sanitary standards and on the other hand to reduce the risk of spreading of animal diseases from these countries to the EU; believes that in veterinary cooperation with third countries priority should be given to countries bordering EU Member States;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses the importance of veterinary surveillance in crisis situations and their prevention, as regards providing early warning and prompt detection of animal- related threats; call in this light on the Commission to examine the possible introduction of a system of farm audits for farms which are not regularly visited by veterinarians;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Points out that veterinary surveillance should be performed under objective conditions, which means that preferably there should be no relationship of employment or service provision between veterinary surgeons with a surveillance remit and livestock farms or processing plants; calls, in cases where this is not feasible, for other measures to be taken to ensure the impartiality of the veterinarians concerned;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses the need for veterinary surgeons to be provided with effective training in prompt detection of animal- related threats and for support for such training at EU levelan update of EU minimum standards on veterinary training, together with measures to ensure its consistency; their implementation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Strongly supports action to increase the use of vaccination, which should foster more effective disease prevention and containment and diminish the number of animals culled as part of disease eradication operations; draws attention to the fact that the introduction of an effective vaccination system requires the provision of appropriate financial support, in order to encourage its use; considers it essential, furthermore, for EU vaccine banks to be expanded;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take various measures to ensure the indiscriminate circulation of products derived from vaccinated animals, which absency has so far placed a major brake on the use of vaccination as a tool in combating the spread of contagious animal diseases; calls therefore, among other measures, for a ban on the consumer labelling of products derived from vaccinated animals, effective public communication strategies regarding the harmlessness of products derived from vaccinated animals and for conventions to be concluded on the free circulation of products derived from vaccinated animals between governments, farmers organisations, consumer organisation, retail and trade;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. underlines the need for an adequate emergency vaccination strategy for both existing diseases (like foot-and-mouth disease, classical swine fever, avian influenza and bluetongue) and emerging diseases (like African horse sickness, West Nile disease, African Swine Fever and Rift Valley fever);
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that scientific research plays an essential role in animal health systems, since it enables advances to be made, in particular in monitoring the diagnosis and control of animal diseases, risk analysis, vaccination and other essential activities, which must be based on scientific knowledge; recalls in this light its amendment to EU budget 2008 increasing appropriations for the development of (marker) vaccines and testing methods; calls on the Commission to make effective use of these increased appropriations;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Points to the need for the developmentstrengthening of athe network of Community and national reference laboratories dealing with animal diseases, and agrees that scientifically uniform test methods should be applied;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41