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3 Amendments of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2012/2031(INI)

Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to take all the necessary measures, also through administrative simplification, to promote small slaughterhouses and the slaughter of animals in the area where they were raised;
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on a reconsideration of the issue of limiting the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to eight hours, with some exceptions based on geographic conditions, and the option of longer transport of some animal species confirmed by scientific research results, proviAcknowledges Written Declaration 49/2011 of the European Parliament supporting an eight-hour limit for animals to be slaughtered, but recognises that such a demand is not scientifically based; considers that animal welfare during transport to a large extent depends on proper vehicle facilities and on the good handling of animals, as documented in the EFSA opinion of December 2010; nevertheless, asks the European Commission and the Member States to lay down guidelines for best practices to improve the correct implementation of Regulation (EC) N° 1/2005 and to reinforce control mechanisms in ordedr that the rules ono guarantee animal welfare; are complied with; sks Member States to introduce adequate and proportionate sanctions on the infringements to the Regulation;
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Member States to strengthen controls on the entire production chain aimed at halting tolerance of practices that infringe the Regulation and worsen the conditions for the transport of animals,
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI