BETA

Activities of Jens ROHDE related to 2016/2077(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits PDF (388 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AGRI
Dossiers: 2016/2077(INI)
Documents: PDF(388 KB) DOC(66 KB)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the domesticated rabbit has kept most of the wild rabbit’s natural behaviour, and intensive farming systems have severe negative implications for its welfare;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, owing to the absence of species-specific animal husbandry legislation for rabbits in the EU, the breeding of rabbits is highly intensified and its architecture resembles a high-output industrial production system;deleted
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the widespread use of antibiotics in rabbit farming, especially in the intensive type of farming th is necessary to ensure a high standard of animal health; stresses the importance of an adequate uses cage systems, can lead to an increase in of antibiotics in order to maintain efficacy and to prevent antimicrobial resistance;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that abolishing the use of battery cages across the EU would have a positive impact on the protection of public health and would reduce the use of antibiotics in rabbit farming;deleted
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, in the light of the high number of rabbits being farmed and slaughtered in the EU and the severe animal welfare implications of the systems currently used for keeping rabbits, to put forward soon legislative proposals on, to harmonize existing rules and to support national guidelines setting minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits in order to ensure a high level of animal welfare;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider pen systems as the guiding principle when proposing measures for housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production;deleted
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that all measures should be harmonised at EU level by introducing specific EU legislation for the minimum protection of farm rabbits, including a clear system of production labelling allowing consumers in the EU to make an informed choice about the rabbit meat they buy;deleted
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Points out that the EU farm rabbit production is different amongst Member States; stresses that some Member States have already implemented national guidelines setting up minimum standards for farm rabbits (such as Germany); considers it important to ensure a level playing field for producers in the EU and towards third countries; calls on individual Member States to develop guidelines in order to both ensure animal welfare and to consider economic and social aspects of the sector;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI