Document type : Regulation/Certification

European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-005354/21: Animal welfare checks at EU exit points

Question: Thomas Waitz (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Written answer to a question on the exits of live animals from the EU occurring in Kakavia, Greece, without any animal welfare controls, in contravention of the EU regulations on EU exit points.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Transport

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French Senate: Written answer to question n° 25413: Respect du bien-être animal dans les abattoirs

Question: Hugues Saury (Loiret - Les Républicains). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the claims of non-compliance made in a video of the association L214 in an abattoir in Saône-et-Loire and on whether the French Government might be willing to regularise the sanctions observed.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Fear, Stress

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Sustainable Farming Incentive: how the scheme will work in 2022

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Published in 2021

UK Government document setting out the practical details of  the measures in its Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme. Farmers will be paid more for provision of a number of public benefits, including animal health and welfare.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

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

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°22563: Elevage de poules en cage

Question: Typhanie Degois (La République en Marche - Savoie). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on whether the Government intends to set a deadline for banning the cage-rearing of laying hens in France and its replacement by alternative systems.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Housing

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°36062: Conditions d'Abattage

Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Poultry

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Décret n° 2022-137 du 5 février 2022 relatif à l’interdiction de mise à mort des poussins des lignées de l’espèce Gallus gallus destinées à la production d’œufs de consommation et à la protection des animaux dans le cadre de leur mise à mort en dehors des établissements d’abattage

Jean Castex, Julien Demormandie, Olivier Véran

Published in 2022

Decree to eother small companion animalst the new framework governing the killing of chicks in hatcheries and outside abattoirs, confirming the legal cessation of the culling of male chicks at birth by the end of 2022.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Bien-être animal : une préoccupation croissante

Vie Publique

Published in 2022

Dossier setting out the current state of animal welfare in France, discussing the recent law on animal abuse, changes in regulatory and legal measures for animal protection in France and the European Union over time, current key issues, and how the perception of the relationship between humans and animals has changed in French society.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Organisation des contrôles officiels relatifs à la protection animale en abattoir au moment de la mise à mort et des opération annexes

Bureau des établissements d'abattage et de découpe

Published in 2022

Technical Instruction specifying changes to the procedures associated with the official monitoring of animal protection in the abattoir at the time of slaughter in France

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords:Anxiety, Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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French Assemblée nationale: Written answer to question n°40299: Abandon des animaux domestiques

Question: Mrs Sylvie Tolmont (Socialists and allies - Sarthe). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Réponse à une question portant sur l’urgence de prendre des mesures pour lutter contre l’abandon d’animaux de compagnie.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships

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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

DGAL/SDSanimal welfare/Bureau du bien-être animal

Published in 2021

Technical instruction listing existing training that is now recognised as being of an acceptable standard to qualify animal welfare advisors in pig and poultry farming, being part of the framework for the implementation of the French ministerial decree on such training.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Resilience, Breeding and rearing systems

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