Document type Answer to question E-000856/23 from the European Commission
Authors: question: Annika Bruna (ID), Elżbieta Kruk (ECR), Gianantonio Da Re (ID), France Jamet (ID), Eric Minardi (ID). Response: Ms. Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission
Answer in French: As announced in the communication from the Commission on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) ‘End the Cage Age’[1] adopted in 2021, the Commission is preparing legislative proposals for the welfare of kept animals, which will include provisions to phase out and finally prohibit the use of cages for all the animal species and categories referred to in the ECI (pigs, laying hens, calves, rabbits, broiler and layer breeders, ducks, geese, and quail).
The Commission is considering whether equivalent standards to a cage ban could be required for imported products as well. The currently ongoing impact assessment will include this aspect as well. Pending its finalisation, no decision has been taken yet on how the legislative proposal, planned for the second half of 2023, will address imported products.
