14 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2008/0180(CNS)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) are provided with physical comfort and protection, in particular by being kept clean, under thermal comfort and, where animals are not kept in a container or crate, prevented from falling or slipping;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse. An operator may only permit an animal to be killed without prior stunning if he or she has taken reasonable steps to satisfy himself or herself that the carcase is destined for consumption by religious customers and is not intended for export to third countries.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse. and the animals are stunned immediately after the cut.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Stunning shall be carried out in accordance with the methods set out in Annex I. In order to take account of scientific and technical progress, the Commission may approve new stunning methods on the basis of an assessment by the European Food Safety Authority and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the bleeding of live animals. after stunning;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) the bleeding of animals that have not been stunned.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The health certificate accompanying meat imported from a third country must be supplemented by an attestation certifying that the above-mentioned requirements have been met.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Operators shall put in place and implement appropriate monitoring procedures to verify and confirm that: (a) animals for slaughter are effectively stunned in the period between the end of the stunning process and the confirmation of death; and (b) animals that are slaughtered without prior stunning do not exhibit signs of life.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraphs 1 and 4 shall not apply toThe competent authority may simplify the requirements set out in Article 18 for obtaining a certificate of competence in the case of the animal welfare officer of a slaughterhouses slaughtering lessfewer than 1 000 livestock units of mammals or 150 000 units of poultry per year.,
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Reference centres may be established as a network, made up of separate entities, provided that all the tasks listed in paragraph 1 are allocated for all the relevant activities taking place in the Member States concerned. The competent authority shall ensure an appropriate cooperation with the industry concerned in the operations taking place in the slaughterhouses.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3.3
Annex II – point 3.3
3.3. Systems restraining bovine animals by inversion or any unnatural position shall not be usedbe phased out when alternative measures, which are economically feasible, have been developed for ritual slaughter;
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 7.2
Annex II – point 7.2
7.2. Facilities for poultry shall be designed and built so that animals are onlyLive poultry should be conveyed into the gas mixtures ineither in their transport crates without being unloadedor on conveyor belts.