Activities of Kartika Tamara LIOTARD related to 2012/2031(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of animals during transport (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a.(new) Regrets that no mention is made in the Commission's report to one of the EFSA Scientific Opinion recommendations stating that priority should be given to direct transport, without stopovers (e.g. livestock markets) that carry the risk for direct or indirect contact with animals from other holdings1; __________________ 1 EFSA Scientific Opinion Concerning the Welfare of Animals during Transport, EFSA Journal 2011, 9(1), 1966, p. 86
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a.(new) Considers that, also with regard to diminishing the risk of transport- associated disease outbreaks, food quality and food safety, it would make sense to create incentives for the regional breeding, marketing and slaughter of animals in order to decrease unnecessary long animal transport times;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b.(new) Calls on the Commission to abolish export refunds for livestock in order to prevent and decrease unnecessary long animal transport times;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that Article 32 of the Regulation states that the Commission report shall take into account ‘scientific evidence on the welfare needs of animals’, and may be accompanied if necessary by appropriate legislative proposals concerning long journeys; calls on the Commission and the Council, therefore, to review Regulation 1/2005 in order to establish a maximum 8- hour limit for the journeys of animals transported for the purpose of being slaughtered; Considers furthermore that for transports of animals exceeding 6 hours a justification should be required and registered in the transport logs by the operator(s) stating that a shorter transport time is not feasible
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a.(new) Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps to ensure that the legislation is enforced, in particular by checking that the journey logs submitted are realistic and compliant with the legislation;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b.(new) Calls on the Member States to actively enforce a system of inspections that checks the animal welfare conditions before, during and after the transport, backed by a robust system of effective and dissuasive sanctions;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c.(new) Urges the Commission to consider the introduction of a legal basis requiring on board navigation systems to able to transmit positioning data and other animal welfare indicators in real time to the competent authorities;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to research how new and existing technology can be applied in livestock vehicles to regulate, monitor and register temperature and humidity, which are essential elements for controlling and protecting the welfare of specific categories of animals during transport, in line with the EFSA recommendations; Stresses that the use of new technology may not lead to lengthening the transport times of animals;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a.(new) Underlines that a key role is to be played by retailers, food service companies and manufacturers to ensure that in their private quality standards, meat is originating from animals which have been reared and slaughtered locally and have been transported in conditions respecting their welfare;