13 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2018/2110(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In line with recital 11 of the Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005, calls on the Commission to revise Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 to align it with current scientific knowledge;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the transport time of animals destined for slaughter be limited to eight hours, taking account of transport conditions and loading time, irrespective of whether this takes place on land or at sea or air. Within this maximum 8 hours journey time, calls on the Commission to use Art 135 (C) of the Animal Health Law (Ref. Regulation 2016/429) to insert in Regulation 1/2005 species specific journey time;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given the impossibility of enforcing the Regulation 1/2005 outside EU, calls for a ban of the export of live animals destined for slaughter to Third Countries;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the often lengthy delays at borders and the increased pain and distress for animals that they cause; calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve this situation; calls on the Member States to better plan their journeys and to communicate each-others to avoid concentration of animal trucks transporting animals at the borders, cause of severe animal health and welfare problems;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that enforcement is particularly difficult when different Member States are responsible for approving journey logs; calls on all those Member States which discover breaches to notify the other Member States involved, as required by Regulation 1/2005; calls on the Commission to ensure the enforcement of the directive by the Member states;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the total number of checks carried out by the Commission as well as national competent authorities pursuant to Regulation 1/2005 has fallen, despite the number of consignments in the EU containing live animals having increased; calls on the Member States to ensure adequate controls for live animal transport;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States increase and tighten official checks of live transports and report the findings in a detailed and transparent way. To this end the Parliament urges the Commission you make TRACES publicly available;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States and transporters to drastically improve the conditions of short journeys and to provide suitable and harmonised trainings to the operators involved;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States and transporters to phase out long distance live animal transportation and urgently develop a medium and long-term strategy to replace the transport of live animals with the transport of meat products and carcasses only;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to offer incentives to farmers to slaughter their animals at the nearest slaughter facility in order to prevent lengthy animal transportation times; calls on the Commission to present innovative solutions in this regard, including mobile slaughter houses;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to define the requirements for the locations and facilities of resting places;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to intervene with infringement procedures in the cases of violations of the Regulation 1/2005;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to align sanction levels in the case of breaches, as these can be more than 10 times higher in some Member States than in other put forward a road map to align sanction systems across EU Member States.