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Proposal for a directive
Recital 1

(1) Council Directive 98/58/EC14 lays down general minimum welfare standards for animals bred or kept for farming purposes. It calls on Member States to avoid unnecessary pain, suffering or injury of farm animals. If cloning causes unnecessary pain, suffering or injury, Member States have to act at national level to avoid it. Different national approaches to animal cloning ~~could lead to market distortion. It is thus necessary to ensure that the same conditions apply to all involved in the production and distribution of live animals throughout the Union~~are justified in view of the strong opposition to this relatively recent technique. Given that the single market completely deprives Member States of the sovereignty over their borders necessary to control flows of goods, the precautionary principle should, as regards cloning, be applied within the Union not just to animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes, but, more broadly, to all animal species in every case. __________________ 14 Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (OJ L 221, 8.8.1998, p. 23).

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) Currently animals of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species are likely to be cloned for farming purposes~~. The scope of this Directive should therefore be limited to the use of cloning for farming purposes of those five species~~, but the Union should apply the precautionary principle in order to protect consumers and seek techniques compatible with animal welfare. The scope of this Directive should therefore be extended to cover all animal species in every case.

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) It is expected that the knowledge on the impact of the cloning technique on the welfare of the animals used will increase. The cloning technique is likely to improve over time. Consequently prohibitions should only apply provisionally. This Directive should therefore be reviewed within a reasonable time taking into account the experience gained by the Member States in its implementation, scientific and technical progress and international developments.deleted

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the placing on the market of embryo clones ~~and~~, animal clones, and the offspring of animal clones.

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2

It shall apply to animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species (‘the animals’) kept and reproduced for farming purposes and to all animal species in every case.

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – introductory part

Member States shall ~~provisionally~~ prohibit:

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point b a (new)

(ba) the placing on the market of offspring of animal clones.

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 5

1. By [date = 5 years after the date of transposition of this Directive], the Member States shall report to the Commission on the experience gained by them on the application of this Directive. 2. The Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive taking into account: (a) the reports submitted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1; (b) scientific and technical progress, in particular relating to the animal welfare aspects of cloning; (c) international developments.Article 5 deleted Reporting and Review

2015/04/21
Committee: INTA

Activities of Marine LE PEN related to 2013/0433(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Amendments (8)

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