Document type : Regulation/Certification

European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001279/22: Restricting the practice of 'halal' by Islamic butchers

Emmanouil Fragkos (ECR). Answer: Executive VP Vestager on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the sale of halal meat without the knowledge of consumers in the absence of specific labelling, and the restriction this will place on  competition. 

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Instruction technique DGAL/SDSanimal welfare/2022-362 : Modalités de reconnaissance des formations en bien-être animal suivies depuis le 1er janvier 2018 par les éleveurs et salariés désignés en tant que « référents bien-être animal » dans les élevages de porcs ou de volailles à compter du 1er janvier 2022

Sous-direction de la santé et du bien-être animal (SDSanimal welfare)

Published in 2022

New technical instruction cancelling and replacing that of 30 December 2021, and giving a new list of training courses recognised as equivalent to authorised animal welfare courses, if they have been followed by persons designated as animal welfare advisors between 1 January 2018 and 1 January 2022.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001021/22: Mobile slaughterhouses

Question: Christine Schneider (EPP). Answer: Mem Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on mobile abattoirs, whether they should be authorised by the EU and, if so, whether the EU should provide financial support and launch a pilot project.
Document type: Reply from the European Commission

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Final report of an audit of Spain carried out from 20 September 2021 to 01 October 2021 in order to evaluate the protection of the welfare of laying hens at all stages of production

DG SANTE

Published in 2022

DG SANTE report concluding that the Spanish administrative and legal framework is generally sufficient to ensure effective official controls on animal welfare. It points out minor differences in some of the procedures of the autonomous States and suggests how they could be remedied. 

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-000982/2022: putting.a stop to the keeping of wild animals in travelling circuses

Annika Bruna (ID), Julie Lechanteux (ID), France Jamet (ID), Georg Mayer (ID). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the possible funds that the Commission plans to grant to Member States to set up shelters or sanctuaries adapted to the needs of wild animals from travelling circuses at the point when the planned total bans come into force in these countries.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Living environment, Human-animal relationships

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French Senate: Réponse écrite à la question n° 26098 : Difficultés liées à la vente de foie gras

Question: Patrick Chauvet (Seine Maritime - UC). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the measures that the French Minister of Agriculture and Food intends to take to bring an end to the denigration to which the senator believes the foie gras industry is subjected.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Force-feeding, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues

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French National Assembly: Réponse écrite à la question n°40650 : La situation de l’errance animale

Question: Jean-Hugues Ratenon (La France insoumise - Réunion). Answer:  French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the French government's policy to prevent the straying of animals, and asking whether the recovery plan provides for funding for associations that are actively involved in reducing the number of stray animals on La Réunion, where the phenomenon is particularly prevalent.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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French National Assembly: Réponse écrite à la question n°43406 : Protection des animaux – Politique de stérilisation à la Réunion

Karine Lebon (Gauche démocrate et républicaine - Réunion). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the policy of sterilising dogs and cats, especially on the island of La Réunion where the number of stray pets is very high.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Final report of an audit of Austria carried out from 26 to 30 April 2021 in order to evaluate the protection of the welfare of laying hens at all stages of production

DG SANTE

Published in 2022

DG SANTE audit report concluding that the Austrian system of official controls on animal welfare of laying hens is satisfactory, with two possible improvements, one on the procedures for verifying and assessing the effectiveness of the controls, the other on the creation of a document trail for the controls.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Risk management

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European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2022 on the Implementation Report on On-Farm Animal Welfare

European Parliament

Published in 2022

Text of the resolution adopted by the European Parliament to support animal welfare on farms. It will serve as the basis for the development of new EU rules in this area.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Breeding and Rearing systems, Stress, Welfare indicators

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