Activities of Morten MESSERSCHMIDT related to 2015/0028(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Trade in seal products (A8-0186/2015 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) DA
Amendments (5)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
The placing on the market of seal products shall be allowed only where the seal products result from hunts conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities, provided thataking into account the following conditions are all satisfied:
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the hunt has been traditionally been conducted by the community;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the hunt contributes to the subsistence of the community and is not conducted primarily for commercial reasons;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
(c) the hunt is conducted in a manner which reduces pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering of the animals hunted to the extent possible taking into consideration the traditional way of life and the subsistence needs of the communityby members of the community that possess a hunting licence, and in a manner which has due regard to animal welfare.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. If the number of seals hunted, the quantity of seal products being placed on the market pursuant to paragraph 1 or ore is relevant evidence indicating that the export of seal products to the Union is deemed unsustainable or purely commercial the Commission may take action, if ther circumstances are such as to indicate that a hunt is conducted primarily for commercial purposes, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated actsonditions for placing the seal products on the market are not in accordance with Article 3(1). The Commission may act after consultation with the countries of origin concerned and taking into accordance with Article 4 in order to limit the quantity of productunt any opinion from the Committee referred to in Article 5. Subsequently the Commission may establish general restrictions, or restrictions resulating from that hunt that may be placed on the marketto certain countries of origin, on the introduction of seal products into the Union.