Activites

• 1998/12/17 Additional information
• 1998/12/17 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2017
• 1997/06/19 Council Meeting
  • 2017
• #1978
• 1996/12/09 Council Meeting
  • 1978
• #1956
• 1996/10/15 Council Meeting
  • 1956
• #1939
• 1996/06/26 Council Meeting
  • 1939
• 1996/06/19 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0340/1996 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Carlos PIMENTA (ELDR, P), the European Parliament asked that imports into the Community of pelts and manufactured goods of certain wild animal species should be banned from 1 January 1996 unless, in the country of origin: - there are adequate administrative or legislative provisions in force to prohibit the use of leghold traps; - the trapping methods used meet internationally agreed humane trapping standards. The list of countries which meet at least one of the conditions will be published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Parliament asked the Community to negotiate with third countries to conclude agreement on humane trapping standards. These standards must include a timetable for implementation not exceeding 12 months. Native peoples and international animal welfare organizations may take part in the negotiations with consultative status. �

• 1996/06/18 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    In presenting the background details of this proposal, the rapporteur, Mr Pimenta (ELDR, P), referred to the ambiguity in Commissioner Brittan’s statements on the environment and the GATT agreement. Moreover, he pointed out that there were only 1 045 professional hunters in the Community and that their income was about 7 000 dollars a year, which could easily be granted to them by way of regional aid, in the same way as the Union did for hill farmers, for example. In actual fact, the real profits were earned by the fur importers. Commissioner Bjerregaard thought that the Commission and Parliament had the same objectives in mind, but that they differed as to the means of achieving their aims. Parliament wanted to ban the trade, while the Commission wanted to negotiate with the United States, Canada and Russia before applying supplementary measures. It was for this reason that the Commission could not take over the amendments tabled by the Committee on the Environment. Finally, the Commissioner declared that she would, within the time allocated, issue a statement on those countries that had banned the use of leghold traps.

• 1996/04/24 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0151/1996
• #1905
• 1996/03/04 Council Meeting
  • 1905
• 1996/02/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/12/15 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0737 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to amend Regulation (EC) No 91/3254 and defer the application of a ban on imports of certain furs and fur products. CONTENT: Regulation (EC) No 91/3254 provides for a ban on imports of certain furs and fur products, unless the Commission establishes that a third country has banned the use of leghold traps or has implemented humane trapping methods. Having examined the consequences of implementing this ban on 1 January 1996, the Commission proposes deferring the import ban so that work on standards currently under way in the working group on international human trapping standards set up in September 1995 by the Commission, Canada, the United States and Russia can continue.�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0737
• Debate in Council: 1905
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0151/1996
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0340/1996
• Debate in Council: 1939
• Debate in Council: 1956
• Debate in Council: 1978
• Debate in Council: 2017

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)