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11 Amendments of Albert DESS related to 2009/2202(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which lays down that, in formulating and implementing the Union's policies in the areas of agriculture, fisheries, transport, the internal market and research and technological development, the Union and the Member States shall always pay full regard to the welfare requirements of pets and productive animals as sentient beings; in that connection, they shall take account of the laws and administrative provisions and customs of the Member States,
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates the work which has been done to develop alternatives to animal testing and calls on the Commission's efforts, under the auspices of the WTO and in bilateral agreements with third countries, to assign the highest priorityies to animal welfare;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for a fundamental change in the attitude adopted by the European Union’s main partners in the WTO and for non- trade-related concerns to be acknowledged;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to outline what progress has been made in WTO negotiations towards securing acknowledgment of non-trade-related concerns, which include animal welfare; calls on the Commission to outline to what extent animal welfare issues and standards are being taken into account in the Doha round of WTO negotiations;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Observes that Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union has created a new legal sbroadened the powers of the EU and its instituation in which new powers and greater responsibility have been vested in the European Union and its s to cover fisheries policy, so as to ensure that the welfare requirements of pets and productive animals are taken into account, at the same time as the laws and administitutions and considers that this article applies to all animals and not onlyrative provisions and traditions of the Member States; points out that this article applies to all pets and imprisoned animals, to animals intended for food- producing animaltion, circus animals, stray animals and animals in zoos;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 6
The link between animal health and public healthdeleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that the use of antibiotics is an indicator of the state of health of animals, and expresses its deep concern about the acute problem of antibiotic resistance in animals and humans;deleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that the problem of antibiotic resistance is not confined to farm animals, and calls on the Commission, therefore, in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, also to take account of the role of pets in this connection;deleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that diseases are by their nature not confined within national borders and stresses that common measures are therefore needed to tackle diseases - such as salmonellosis and rabies - which are passed on between human beings and animals, including pets, due to poor animal health and inadequate keeping of animals;deleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls in this context its aforementioned resolution of 22 May 2008, which likewise stressed the problem of antibiotic resistance, and emphasises that farmers, breeders and animal owners are primarily responsible for monitoring animals' health and welfare;deleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to step up its monitoring of the use of antibiotics in the European Union and, if need be, set up a common European database for this purpose;deleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI