22 Amendments of Béla GLATTFELDER related to 2012/2043(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. since complying with animal welfare regulations results in competitiveness among certain producers;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU and national rules on animal welfare, due their complexity and differing interpretations, create legal uncertainty, while the lack of compliance and absence of legal milestones distorts competition;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. since national rules on animal welfare must not be contrary to the principles of the EU single market;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. since, as a result of the economic crisis, European citizens are spending an increasingly large part of their income on food and since consumer decisions are based primarily on prices, animal welfare rules must not lead to increases in producers’ costs and thus to increases in prices;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. since the EU has the most stringent animal welfare rules in the world and these do not have to be applied by competitors, which places European producers at a competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. since the majority of European consumers did not accept the eggs marketed at a higher price due to animal welfare regulations, so that the appropriate conclusions have to be drawn;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls upon the Commission to refrain from submitting free trade agreements to the European Parliament in future that fail to ensure that the same animal welfare regulations pertain to import products as to European products;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to refrain from applying protectionist measures that are based on national animal welfare rules;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers it necessary that it be obligatory to inform consumers if an import product or a product containing an import product is made from animals that were kept under conditions different from those required by European animal welfare regulations;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the Strategy fails to reflect the link between the wellbeing of animals and public health; Calls on the Commission to apply the ‘One Health’ principle to its Strategy, as gGood animal husbandry helps to prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the new animal welfare legislation must not result in increases in greenhouse gases and thus in producers’ costs;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to implement ‘legal milestones’ during the transitional period in future animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is particularly concerned that the current derogation for un-stunned slaughter is abused to a large extent in some Member States, to the detriment of animal welfare, of farmers and of consumers; Welcomes the evaluation onregrets that the rules regarding the labelling of meat from animals slaughtered without stunning; U are not being complied with; underlines that the rules regarding labelling must also include meat served in restaurants, by airlines, etc.; underlines, however, that labelling is not an alternative to proper enforcement as it can only guide consumers if the information provided is verified and correct;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the importance of information and education being adapted and made available at regional and local level, and that information concerning new legislation and scientific advances reach all animal handlers; Recalls the role which could be played by an EU coordinated network of animal welfare centres in this regard;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the Parliament considers that such a Framework Law should be based on validated science and proven experience and cover all kept animals, as well as abandoned animals, including stray animals of domesticated species; Recalls that the Parliament has called for the Animal Welfare Quality project to be further developed as regards its simplification and practical application;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point e
Paragraph 20 – point e
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point f
Paragraph 20 – point f
f. effective actions against those Member States who do not submit reports or do not fulfil their obligations to carry out controls and inspections;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point g
Paragraph 20 – point g
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 20 – point i a (new)
ia. stresses that, on the basis of the Treaty of Lisbon, traditional products and production procedures must be respected;