7 Amendments of Dan JØRGENSEN related to 2012/2043(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Strongly regrets that the Commission has failed to come up with new legislative proposals that will improve the welfare of the animals in the EU as a part of the Strategy; acknowledges that better enforcement is a key element in better animal welfare in the EU but insists that new legislation must be presented in order to improve the current animal welfare standards.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Indent 1
Indent 1
– revision of Regulation 1/2005 including the introduction of an 8 hour limit for animals transported with the purpose of being slaughtered;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to actively support relevant strategy-setting and research functions of the EU Reference Laboratory (the Joint Research Centre) to identify priority areas for replacement of animal research techniques, including through identification of human toxicity and disease pathways, and development of human-relevant in-vitro and computational models of disease.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the Council to guarantee substantial improvement of animal welfare through rural development, particularly by providing for adequate funding for the animal welfare payment and ensuring that all rural development programmes for the period 2014-2020 include the animal welfare measure.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use cross-compliance as a tool to improve enforcement of EU animal welfare legislation; believes in that regard that all the EU standards on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes should be included in cross- compliance and that penalties should be high enough to be dissuasive.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to take the necessary measures to educate stakeholders as to the requirements for keeping and handling wild animal species; to discourage the purchase of wild animals by private individuals; and to improve the welfare of wild animals currently in captivity. Calls for an urgent and thorough implementation of the Zoo Directive and for enforcement personnel to be appropriately trained and qualified.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls the role which could be played by an EU coordinated network of animal welfare centres in providing significant, high quality, professional and consistent support to Member States and other stakeholders regarding best practice in animal welfare.