Document type: legislative proposal from the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission
Author: DG SANTE, European Commission
Preview: Evidence of an important volume of document forgeries, misleading information, and indications of disguised movement of dogs for commercial purposes as noncommercial movements to take advantage from less stringent control rules, was collected at the occasion of the EU Coordinated Action on the illegal trade of cats and dogs carried out in 2022 and 2023 [...]This proposal aims to address these issues by proposing a common framework with the following objectives:
- Ensuring minimum common animal welfare standards for the breeding, keeping and placing on the market of dogs and cats bred or kept in establishments
- Improving the traceability of dogs and cats placed on the Union market or supplied, including when offered for sale or adoption online,
- Ensuring a level playing field between operators keeping and placing on the market dogs and cats across the Union,
- Promoting competence for animal caretakers, - Supplementing existing rules for the import of dogs and cats.
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Proposed legislation discussed in an article in Euronews on 07/12/2023 : EU Policy. Commission proposes rules on pet welfare, illegal puppy trade
