24 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2009/2202(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas good animal health stand good livestock farming are of decisive importance to our society, not only in the interests of animal welfare but for the sake of public health as a whole, our economy and Europe'sards are of vital importance for the management of European livestock farming, as they have an increasing impact on the level of competitiveness of farms,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ourthe Community's high animal welfare standards aredo not form part of theany 'brand' of European agricultural producers, but only on condition that the rules in forcand the efforts made by producers to comply with European rules are bare genuinely complied withly visible,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the vast majority of the measures contained in the current - albeit still none too ambitious - action plan have been implemented satisfactorily;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates the work which has been done to develop alternatives to animal testing and urges the Commission's efforts, under the auspices of the WTO and in bilateral agreements with third countries, to assign the highest priority to animal welfare to continue its efforts to extend Community animal welfare standards to WTO partners and demand full reciprocity in bilateral agreements with third countries;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with great satisfaction thRegrets that very little progress which has been made in the Animal Welfare Quality Project, as regards new science and knowledge relating to animal health indicators;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets, nonetheless, that more has not been done to adopt a proposal for new rules on animal transport and thCalls for any new proposal on animal welfare to be bassociated issue of developing a satellite system to monitor such transport, and urges the Commission, in the time still remaining before the action plan expires, to take the inied on scientifically proven objective indicators to avoid the adoption of disproportionate measures that have an impact on the competiative in this fieldness of Community farms;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is particularly concerned that, despite the clear recommendations and conclusions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in this regard, many pig farmers in Europe are violating the provisions of Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs1, and calls on the Commission, therefore, to devise without delay a strategy to increase compliance with this DirectiveWelcomes the high level of compliance with Community legislation on the welfare of pigs, but recognises the need to allow sufficient time for the implementation of certain provisions owing to their high cost, as in the case of keeping pigs in groups, a measure which will be mandatory from 2013 and which will require the restructuring of farms;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission likewise to ensure that the ban oreview the decision to ban systems which lack cages with nests for laying hens, which enters into force in 2012, is genuinely complied withon account of the serious economic consequences this measure will have for European producers;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Observes that Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union has created a new legal situation in which new powers andvests greater responsibility have been vested in the European Union and its institutions and considers that this article applies to all animals and not only food- producing animalsin this field;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends in this context that the principle should be that all claims concerning a product's characteristics must be provable athat the information given on the label is precise and direct and makes reference to compliance with the high animal welfare standards demanded by the EU; recommends that if this entails excessively detailed information, which cannot be accommodated on the label, producers or vendors should afford access to the information on the Internett should be the task of the European Commission to provide citizens with the necessary information on the European animal welfare system to ensure that they receive objective information;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 3
Paragraph 15 – indent 3
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission as soon as possible to perform comprehensive inspections to ascertain how the Member States are applying and enforcing existing animal welfare rules, particularly concerning animal transport and pigassess the cost to European producers of animal welfare measures, and if necessary to propose in 2012 at the latest recommendations, guidelines and other necessary measures to tackle problemthe loss of competitiveness of European livestock farmers;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the aim must be a purposeful, risk-based monitoring system in which objective factors such as mortality statistics and the use of antibiotics are central;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the European Union budget must include sufficient appropriations to enable the Commission to monitor the Member States more effectively and comprehensively in this regard, and to counter the loss of competitiveness faced by producers as a result of the adoption of new and changing animal welfare standards, bearing in mind that the cost of these standards is not passed on in the price received by farmers when they sell their products;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. RecallNotes that the use of antibiotics is an indicatorrestrictions introduced by the European Union ofn the ustate of health of animals, and expresses its deep concern about the acute problem of antibiotic resistance in animals and humansantibiotics, which has to be recorded in traceability registers, have resulted in a substantial reduction in their use;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25