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Activities of Martin HLAVÁČEK related to 2020/2085(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare (debate)
2022/02/14
Dossiers: 2020/2085(INI)

Amendments (6)

Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the Special Eurobarometer 505 entitled 'Making our food fit for the future - Citizens' expectations',
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. When enhancing animal welfare legislation in the EU, farmers' income and competitiveness of European livestock producers in the global agricultural market needs to be taken into account;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that practices intended to improve animal well-being usually incur higher production costs and increase farmers’ workload, and that this must be offset by corresponding remuneration; stresses, by way of example, that phasing in loose housing for pregnant sowin farrowing units would require a 30-year transition period to ensure that the additional costs incurred are recouped from the market, and that the least onerous way of introducing this is to construct new buildings, something that can only be done with the cooperation of the authorities in issuing building permits;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that some measures believed to improve animal welfare are in fact counterproductive and may undermine other aspects of sustainability, namely welfare and health safety-related issues, as well as efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cites, by way of example, that keeping rabbits in the open air increases stress and mortality levels, and that installing collective cages in rabbitries leads to aggressive behaviour among does, causing stress, injury and reduced performance, and that there is a linear relation between increasing pen dimensions and ammonia emissions leaving the farmers faced with conflicting legislations on animal welfare and environmental issues;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that the full implementation of the current legislation in every Member State is crucial to enhance on-farm animal welfare and to ensure fair level playing field in the internal market;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Invites the Commission to take better notice of the specificities of rabbit farming;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI