14 Amendments of Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN related to 2020/2085(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s Fitness Check Roadmap to assess the effectiveness, relevance, efficiency and consistency of on-farm animal welfare including EU rules on animal transport and slaughter;
Amendment 59 #
Ak. whereas the special 2016 Eurobarometer on animal welfare showed that 94% of EU citizens believe that welfare of farm animals is important, 82% think farm animals should be better protected and 59% are willing to pay 5% more for animal- friendly products;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas in recent decades, European food and farming have become heavily unbalanced and unsustainable in favour of industrial agricultural systems and intensive livestock farming;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas industrial animal farming is incompatible with animal welfare due to extreme suffering as well as cruel practices experienced by animals;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas animal farming is one of the main sources of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 14.5% of the total according to FAO;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas the spread of zoonotic diseases such as avian and swine flu, or Salmonella, and air pollution from ammonia emissions (90% of which comes from farming, according to the European Environment Agency) are major public health risks linked to intensive animal farming;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas a sustainable and more organic diet will accelerate the achievement of the Green Deal objectives while protecting our climate and environment, people’s health, farmers’ livelihoods and farm animal welfare, both in Europe and worldwide;
Amendment 83 #
1a. Acknowledges the importance of the Commission external study on animal welfare labelling foreseen to start first half of 2021; in this regard, calls on the Commission to assess a reliable traceability mechanism of animals and animal products to apply also to animal source foods from non-EU countries;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Council’s effortconclusions to promote the development of an EU-wide animal welfare label for as many food producing animals as possible, based on harmonised and technically substantiated criteria;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the fact that the animal welfare label should be mandatory for all animal source food products sold in the EU, based on a core and standardized set of animal welfare indicators which should cover the entire supply chain: breeding, fattening, transport and slaughter;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the Commission intention to review the Council Regulation 1099/2009 (Slaughter Regulation); stresses the need to align the legislative text with the latest scientific knowledge and evidence, broaden its scope to fish and set mandatory and harmonised higher animal welfare provision for mobile slaughter;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights that legal standards designed to protect fish are generally far fewer and less stringent than those designed to protect other animals farmed for human consumption; in light of this, points out the need to align EU regulations on fish welfare to the standards set out in the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the importance of animal welfare during live transport and welcomes the establishment of the ANIT committee of inquiry to assess responsibilities of Member States and the Commission in relation to the poor implementation and enforcement of Council Regulation 1/2005, as well as to put forward recommendations for its revision;
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that most animal welfare support measures under the current CAP, as well as in the Commission suggestions for eco-schemes in the future CAP, do not target nor benefit more extensive grazing- based farms where animal welfare standards are generally higher; calls on the Commission and Member States to address this issue by increasing the animal welfare recognition and support provided to smaller and more extensive farms with well adapted interventions;