Activities of Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI related to 2013/0136(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Animal health (debate) PL
Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material and plant protection products - Animal health - Protective measures against pests of plants (debate)
Amendments (57)
Amendment 67 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 22 May 2008 on a new animal health strategy for the European Union 2007-2013 (2007/2260(INI))
Amendment 68 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 12 December 2012 on the protection of animals during transport (2012/2031(INI))
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The intensification and integration of food production and the increase of transport during production and before slaughtering is the cause of many of the infectious animal diseases that have emerged in the 20th century. This Regulation provides the base for existing methods to be carefully evaluated and reviewed in order to identify the source of problems and diseases related to animals and to take adequate measures to prevent unsustainable farming methods leading to the kind of outbreaks we have seen in the recent past.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In laying down those animal health rules, it is essential that considerations are given to the link between animal health and public health, the environment, food and feed safety, animal welfare, food security, economic, social and, cultural aspects and especially animal welfare, given the interdependency of animal welfare and animal health.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) For transmissible animal diseases a disease condition is usually associated with clinical or pathological manifestation of the infection. However, for the purpose of this Regulation, which aims to control the spread of and eradicate certain transmissible animal diseases, the disease definition should be wider in order to include other carriers of the disease agent as for instance microorganisms developing resistance to antimicrobials.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) For transmissible animal diseases that are not subject to measures laid down at Union level, but which are of some economic importance for the private sector at a local level, the latter should, with the assistance of the competent authorities of the Member States, take actions to prevent or control such diseases, for instance through self-regulatory measures or the development of codes of practice or exchange of best practices.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Action No. 5 of the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – Action plan against the rising threats from Antimicrobial Resistance22 emphasises the preventive role of this Regulation and the consequent expected reduction of the use of antibiotics in animals. Resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobials to which they were previously responsive is increasing. This resistance complicates the treatment of infectious diseases in humans and animals. In its Resolution of 12 May 2011 on antibiotic resistanc22a, its Resolution of 27 October 2011 on the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance22b and its Resolution of 11 December 2012 on the Microbial Challenge – Rising threats from Antimicrobial Resistance22c, the European Parliament in the past repeatedly pointed to the importance of tackling antimicrobial resistance. In November 2011, the Commission adopted a Communication on an action plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance22d, whereas the Council dealt with the issue in its conclusions of 22 June 201222e. As a result, microorganisms that have developed resistance to antimicrobials should be treated as if they were transmissible diseases, and thus covered by the scope of this Regulation. ___________________ 22 COM (2011) 748 COM (2011) 748 22a P7_TA(2011)0238 22b P7_TA(2011)0473 22c P7_TA(2012)0483 22d COM(2011)0748 22e http://ue.eu.int/press/press- releases/employment,-social-policy,- health-and-consumer- affairs?target=2012&infotarget=&max=0 &bid=79&lang=en
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Optimal animal health management can only be achieved in cooperation with animal keepers, operators, veterinarians, animal health professionals, other stakeholders and trading partners. To secure their support it is necessary to organise decision making procedures and the application of the measures provided for in this Regulation in a clear and transparent manner. Therefore the competent authority should take appropriate steps to keep the public informed, especially when there are reasonable grounds to suspect that animals or products may present a risk for animal or public health, food safety or the environment and when a case is of public interest.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) Early detection and a clear chain of disease notification and reporting are crucial for effective disease control. In order to achieve an efficient and quick response any suspicion or confirmation of an outbreak of certain listed diseases should be immediately notified to the competent authority. Those notification obligations should be applicable to any natural and legal person in order to ensure that no disease outbreaks remain unnoticed. Member States should ensure that operators and animal professionals are adequately informed of their obligations under this Regulation.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) To ensure close collaboration and exchange of information between operators and veterinarians or aquatic animal health professionals and to supplement the surveillance undertaken by operators, establishments should, as appropriate for the type and intensity of production and other relevant factors, be subject to animal health visits. In order to ensure a proportionate level of surveillance to the risks involved in different types of establishments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission concerning the criteria and the content of such animal health visits in different types of establishments.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
(58a) To promote sustainable, organic and biological production, and to underline the increased animal health risks of high intensive production on establishments that have a relatively high density of animals per surface level of the establishment, it is appropriate that the intensity of production and other relevant factors are taken into account when determine the frequency and type of animal health visits.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) However, those control strategies may substantially vary between different listed diseases. Thus this Regulation should provide for rules on the use of veterinary medicinal products for the prevention and control of listed diseases and for harmonised criteria for consideration when determining whether or not to use and how to use vaccines, hyper-immune sera and antimicrobials. For example, routine administering of vaccines, hyper-immune sera, antimicrobials and other veterinary medicines to animals by animal keepers, operators, veterinarians and animal health professionals should only be tolerated when there are no adverse effects on public health, animal health and animal welfare, both by the practice or the consumption of products of these animals. In order to ensure a flexible approach and to address the specificities of different listed diseases and the availability of the effective treatments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the restrictions, prohibitions or obligations to use certain veterinary medicinal products in the framework of the control of certain listed diseases. In the case of urgency and in order to address emerging risks with possible devastating implications for animal or public health, economy, society or environment, it should be possible for these measures to be adopted by the urgency procedure.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86 a (new)
Recital 86 a (new)
(86a) Some disease control measures, although they might be necessary, have in potential a greater impact than planned. Therefore, it is appropriate that the Member State or Member States concerned should, after having heard the competent authorities, draw up an initial assessment of the impact on public health, animal health and animal welfare, the environment, the economy and other socio-economic factors, of the envisaged necessary disease control measures. For example, historical evidence has shown that the killing and disposal of large groups of animals affected by a listed disease, has, aside from the direct socio- economic impact on the operators, a vast impact on society (outrage, loss of confidence in the food chain, loss of trust in policy makers) and an often overlooked environmental impact (disposal of bodies by mass burning creating large soot plumes and permeates ground water).
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – introductory part
(iii) a reduction in the adverse effects on animal health, public health and the environment of:
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – indent 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – indent 1
– certain diseases and risk factors leading up to diseases;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) 'clone' means an animal produced by means of a technique of asexual, artificial reproduction with the aim of producing an identical or nearly identical copy of an individual animal by transferring the nucleus of a cell into an enucleated oocyte which is subsequently implanted into a surrogate mother;
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
(4b) 'descendant' means an animal produced by a traditional breeding technique, where at least one of its progenitors is a clone;
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘disease’ means the occurrence of infections and infestations in animals, with or without clinical or pathological manifestations, caused by one or more disease agents transmissible to animals or to humans. For the purposes of this Regulation, microorganisms that have developed resistance to antimicrobials should also be considered a 'disease';
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – introductory part
(21) ‘biosecurity’ means the sum of management and physical measures designed to reduce the risk of the introduction, development and spread of diseases or microorganisms that have developed resistance to antimicrobials to, from and within:
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) listed diseases listed in Annex -Ia;
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) microorganisms that have developed resistance to antimicrobials;
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 3 a (new)
- the risk of microorganisms developing resistance to antimicrobials due to the control measures used to combat the disease;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 4 a (new)
- the psychological and physical impact of the disease treatment and eradication on the health of the employees and workers of the sector;
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) animal welfare: - the type, method and intensity of livestock farming; - the concentration of livestock farms per area; - the relative proximity between livestock farms and human settlements;
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
(ii) their societal acceptance, whereby culling and disposal of animals is always to be considered as a last resort;
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the type and intensity of production.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the number, categories and species of kept animals or products under their responsibility;
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the type and intensity of production;
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) raising animal health and welfare awareness;
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii a (new)
(iiia) encouraging the use of alternative, more environmentally friendly and sustainable animal keeping methods.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Operators shall ensure that establishments under their responsibility receive animal health visits from a veterinarian when appropriate du. Those animal health visits shall be at frequencies that are proportionate to the risks posed by the establishment,. taking into account:
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the type of food production;
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the animal welfare safeguards in place at the establishment;
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the detection of any signs indicative of the occurrence of listed diseases or emerging diseases and/or of risk factors leading thereto;
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – point b
Article 24 – point b
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) establish a programme for the eradication, preferably by vaccination or other medical treatment, of or demonstration of freedom from that listed disease, to be carried out in the animal populations concerned by that disease and covering the relevant parts of their territory or the relevant zones or compartments thereof (‘compulsory eradication programme’);
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Member States which are not free or not known to be free from one or more of the listed diseases referred to in Article 8(1)(c) and which decide to establish a programme for the eradication of that listed disease, preferably by vaccination or other medical treatment, to be carried out in the animal populations concerned by it and covering the relevant parts of their territory or zones or compartments thereof (‘voluntary eradication programme’) shall submit it to the Commission for approval.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) disease control measures for the eradication of the disease agent from establishments, preferably by vaccination or other medical treatment, compartments and zones in which the disease occurs and to prevent re- infection;
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – point c
Article 32 – point c
(c) a description of the disease control measures of the compulsory or voluntary eradication programme as provided for in Article 31(1) and the rules adopted pursuant to Article 31(2) and in case of vaccinations or other medical treatment, a description of the exact veterinary medicinal products or procedures used;
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) third countries or territories, provided that it is primarily intended to prevent the spread of a disease into the Union.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Only after a thorough assessment of the economic, social, animal welfare and environmental impact of the use of the veterinary medicinal products compared to other available disease prevention and control strategies, the competent authority shall take a disease control measure which may result in the killing and disposal or slaughtering of animals that may be contaminated and contribute to the spread of the listed disease;
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) take the necessary disease prevention and control measures to avoid the further spread of that listed disease. Only after a thorough assessment of the economic, social, animal welfare and environmental impact the competent authority shall take a disease control measure which may result in the killing and disposal of animals that may be contaminated and contribute to the spread of the listed disease.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 80 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the disease control measures to be taken in the event of suspicion or official confirmation of a listed disease in restricted zones in kept animals pursuant to rules laid down in Sections 1 to 4 of Chapter 1 of this Title. Only after a thorough assessment of the economic, social, animal welfare and environmental impact the competent authority shall take a disease control measure which may result in the killing and disposal of animals that may be contaminated and contribute to the spread of the listed disease.
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
(iva) whether the establishment has the aim to use the germinal products to produce clones or has the aim to use the germinal products in processes that result in the production of clones;
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 83 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall notify the Commission of any exemptions made and keep a record of all the exempted establishments on their territory. Establishments which have the aim to produce clones or take part in the production process of clones shall under no circumstances be exempted from the registration requirement.
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Article 89 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
(da) the welfare conditions of the animals which may influence the quality of the food safety and human health.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where that on-site visit shows that clear progress has been made but the establishment still does not meet all of those requirements, the competent authority may prolong the conditional approval and shall provide the necessary effective guidance in order to contribute to the successful resolve of the deficiency. However, conditional approval shall not exceed a total period of six months.
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
(ii) the type and intensity of production;
Amendment 590 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) laboratory techniques used, making explicit mention of any laboratory techniques used which have the aim to produce clones.
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – point d
Article 116 – point d
(d) the type and intensity of production in the establishments where those terrestrial animals are kept;
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 121 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) other risk factors.
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 195 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 195 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) intentional modifications to the genome of the aquatic animals.
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 195 – paragraph 2
Article 195 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a) and (b), the competent authority may authorise such movement or release of aquatic animals, based on an evaluation of risks, provided that the aquatic animals originate from a part of the aquaculture establishment or from the wild that is independent of the epidemiological unit where the abnormal mortalities or other disease symptoms have occurred.
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 240 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 240 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba)statement whether the animals, germinal products or products of animal origin are of the origin of cloned animals or their descendents;