8 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2008/0160(COD)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The possibility for derogations from this Regulation can promote animal welfare, since the incentive for ensuring that the seal hunt is undertaken without causing avoidable pain, distress or any other form of suffering is strengthened if the seal is viewed as a resource rather than as a pest animal for fishery. Practices and traditions which are in line with the requirements for sustainable use in accordance with the Convention on Biological Diversity should therefore be taken into account when assessing applications for derogations. It should be ensured that well-established practises for sustainable use, including for scientific purposes, are not undermined. Moreover, derogations should not lead to disproportionate costs or other requirements.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The fundamental economic and social interests of Inuit communities traditionally engaged in the hunting of seals as a means to ensure their subsistence should not be adversely affected. The hunt is an integrated part of the culture and the identity of the members of the Inuit society and as such protected by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It represents a source of income and contributes to the subsistence of the hunter. Therefore, seal products deriving from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit communities and which contribute to their subsistence should not be covered by the prohibitions provided for in this Regulation.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
3a. 'Inuit' means indigenous members of the Inuit homeland – i.e. those arctic and subarctic areas where, presently or traditionally, Inuit have Aboriginal rights and interests – recognized by Inuit as being members of their people and includes Inupiat, Yupik (Alaska), Inuit, Inuvialuit (Canada), Kalaallit (Greenland) and Yupik (Russia);
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. The Commission shall adopt all measures necessary to implement this Article, such as measures on the applications to be submitted to the Commission, including evidentiary requirements, in order to obtain a derogation. In doing so, the Commission shall take into consideration the different conditions which may occur in the territories of different countries, as well as the need to ensure that animal welfare benefits already achieved are not undermined. When assessing an application for a derogation, the Commission shall pay due regard to the principle of sustainable use, and the need to ensure that administrative costs and other requirements are proportionate in relation to the scale and the nature of the seal hunt.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2
Annex II – point 2
The characteristics of the weapons and when applicable ammunitions used to kill seal are specified. It is made explicit in the legislation or other requirements which weapons are allowed for stunning and/or killing pups and which are allowed for stunning and/or killing adult seals.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Requirements are specifically outlined for using appropriate monitoring methods and thereby oblige the hunter to verify that the seal is irrevocably unconscious or dead before bleeding it out and before continuing to the next seal.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4
Annex II – point 4
Bleeding-out of all animals is required directly following adequate stunning, that is, before proceeding to stun another seal. When small scale hunt is carried out using a rifle and the seal clearly is killed instantly, another seal can be shot if it is in immediate proximity of the first animal, the hunting conditions are favourable and if it is not causing any undue delay before bleeding out the animals.