19 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2013/0136(COD)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Commission Communication on the new Animal Health Strategy for the European Union stresses that a joint approach should be taken to prevention and biosecurity measures, given that contagious disease agents can spread easily from one farm to another.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Operators, animal professionals and pet keepers working with animals are in the best position to observe and ensure the health of the animals and products under their responsibility. They should therefore hold primary responsibility for carrying out measures for the prevention and control of the spread of diseases among animals and products under their responsibility, and should work individually and collectively to improve animal health practices.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The competent authority cannot always perform all the activities required to be carried out by it under this Regulation due to the limited resources. For that reason it is necessary to provide a legal basis for the delegation of the performance of those activities to veterinarians, as well as to competent professional organisations recognised by Member State authorities. In order to ensure that the necessary conditions are laid down for the general application of disease prevention and control measures across the Union, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect to the delegation of the performance of those activities to veterinarians and their appropriate training.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) To ensure close collaboration and exchange of information between operators and veterinarians or aquatic animal health professionals and to supplement the surveillance undertaken by operators, establishments should, as appropriate for the type of production and other relevant factors, be subject to animal health visits. In order to ensure a proportionate level of surveillance to the risks involved inrisk management commensurate with the degree of exposure of different types of establishments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission concerning the criteria and the content of such animal health visits in different types of establishassessments. In the event that specific risks emerge, operators not involved in collective risk management actions should agree to allow their establishments to undergo such assessments.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) be responsible for the health of kept animals and products under their responsibility; , save where specific biological situations arise which are completely outside their control;
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
b) take appropriategeneral biosecurity measures as set out in professional best practice guides, and appropriate additional biosecurity measures, taking into account the risks involved, to ensure the health of those kept animals and products and to prevent the introduction into, development and multiplication within and spread between and from such kept animals and products under their responsibility of diseases, except where that is specifically authorised for scientific purposes, as appropriate for:
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) ensure that the establishments for which they are responsible are assessed by a veterinarian or an expert from the competent joint authorities, when risks specific to those establishments require such an assessment to be carried out.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 253 concerning biosecurity measures supplementing the rules laid down in paragraph 1(b) and the assessment visits provided for in paragraph 1(ba) of this Article.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may initiate or support voluntary collective steps to monitor animal diseases.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority may delegate one or more of the following activities to veterinarians and to competent, publicly recognised professional organisations:
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) which other activities may be delegated to veterinarians and to competent, publicly recognised professional organisations in addition to those provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, and under which circumstances and under which conditions;
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – point c a (new)
Article 22 – point c a (new)
ca) and may take part in any existing voluntary collective steps to monitor animal diseases.
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Article 24
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The surveillance shall be designed to ensure the timely detection of the presence of the listed diseases referred to in Article 8(1)(e) and emerging diseases by collecting, collating and analysing relevant information relating to the disease situation. This surveillance shall complement that carried out by operators both on an individual basis and collectively through voluntary programmes.
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – point c
Article 127 – point c
(c) for a period of time appropriate for those listed diseases and the species and category of ungulates or poultry to be moved, no kept ungulates or poultry have been introduced into the establishment of origin, except in cases where appropriate biosecurity measures have been taken;
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 128 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 128 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) residency periods and biosecurity measures provided for in Article 127(b);
Amendment 665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 130 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
However, animal collection operations in the Member State of origin shall not be considered an assembly, unless they are carried out within a maximum period of two days and the collected animals meet the requirements laid down in Article 131(a) and are from the same geographical area.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 130 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part