The Intergroup welcomes last week’s outcome of the vote plenary on the own-initiative report by Janusz Wojciechowski MEP on the protection of animals during transport which has sent a strong message to the Commission urging it to act quickly.

Despite the on-going implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, on the protection of animals during transport severe problems persist, due mainly to poor enforcement by Member States. This report goes a long way towards addressing the issues we see and calls on the Commission to act now:

• to ensure an effective and uniform enforcement of existing EU legislation .. across all Member States;

• to present a full evaluation of all the economic, environmental and social costs and benefits incurred by the transport of animals, including a comparison between the transport of animals for slaughter and the transport of carcasses and food products;

• to implement an extensive consumer information campaign on the subject of the European regulations on animal welfare, ...

• to ensure that in all bilateral trade negotiations with third countries the EU’s animal welfare rules are included as the minimum standard required;

• to introduce legislative proposals before 1 January 2014, aimed at creating an EU-wide common framework for data collection and control through real-time satellite navigation;

• to undertake research into how new and existing technology can be applied in livestock vehicles to regulate, monitor and register temperature and humidity to protect the welfare of animals during transport;

• to increase the number of unannounced Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) spot inspections ...

• to ensure that veterinary controls on animals being transported take place at the end of their transport.

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Voir aussi : http://animalwelfareandtrade.com/european-parliament-demands-8-hour-limit