Document type : Regulation/Certification

European Parliament: written answer to question E-003444/2023: Mandatory licences for dangerous dog breeds

Question: Angelo Ciocca (ID). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2024

Answer to a parliamentary question on the need to draw up a common European plan to make dog training courses compulsory, with the issue of a possession permit for owners of the most aggressive dogs.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Aggression, Aggressivity, Education, Risk management, Human-animal relationship, Socialization, Behavioral disorders

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30/01/2024: National Assembly: written reply to question 11681: Animal abandonment in France

question: Aurélien Saintoul (La France insoumise - Nouvelle Union Populaire écologique et sociale - Hauts-de-Seine). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty.

Published in 2024

Answer to a question about the number of abandoned pets, for which France holds the European record. The MP asked whether the government was planning to introduce a price freeze for pet products and a price scale for veterinary services, whether a campaign to sterilize stray animals was planned, and whether the budget allocated to animal shelter associations would be increased.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Key words:Abandonment, Adoption

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003324/2023: Animal welfare legislation derailment and conclusions from a recent journalistic investigation

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

Published in 2024

An MEP calls on the European Commission to abandon plans to revise animal welfare legislation to ban cage farming. According to a survey, MEPs are being encouraged to resist pressure from NGOs. The MEP questions the European Commission on this subject.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry

Keywords:Livestock building, Housing, Restraining equipment

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Animal health and welfare: cornerstones of sustainable animal farming

WOAH

Published in 2024

Article describing the environmental challenges of livestock farming, along with its impact on animal welfare and global health. The article underlines the need for farming practices to evolve, with animal health and welfare as key contributors to the sustainability of livestock farming.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry

Keywords:Biodiversity, Environment, Population management, One Welfare, Pollution, Societal issues, Farming system

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Review: "Animal welfare" - A European concept

José Martinez, Cara von Nolting

Published in 2024

This article looks at the origins of the concept of animal welfare in European law, starting with the Maastricht Treaty (1992). The scope of the cross-cutting clause in art. 13 of the TFEU (Lisbon Treaty, 2007) codifying respect for animal welfare in Europe may vary from one member state to another.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues

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Final report of an audit of Greece carried out from 20 to 24 February 2023 in order to evaluate measures taken to ensure the respect of requirements in relation to animal welfare rules on animal transport and slaughter

DG SANTE, European Commission

Published in 2024

Audit report on the system implemented by the Greek goverment to ensure compliance with regulations protecting animals being transported to the abattoir. While it recognizes improvements, it concludes that the measures implemented by the competent authorities are not yet fully compliant with the five points of the 2009 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It contains eight recommendations to the competent authorities to remedy the shortcomings identified.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Pigs

Keywords: Transport

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The Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare

Crustacean Compassion

Published in 2024

Snapshot 2023 report which ranks the UK's leading seafood retailers, producers, processors and wholesalers according to the welfare standards they apply to decapod crustaceans.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Arthropods

Key words:Animal trade, Pain, Mutilation

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003140/23: Digitization of animal health certificates to better combat puppy trafficking in Europe

Question: Annika Bruna (ID). Answer: Mrs Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2024

Answer to a question asking whether the Commission intends to step up the fight against puppy trafficking by computerizing animal health certificates and other documents issued by the competent authorities as a way to guarantee their authenticity and make them available to the authorities of other Member States via an online database.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine

Key words:Animal trade, Identification

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Bien-être animal : une préoccupation croissante

Vie Publique

Published in 2023

Updated version of Vie Publique's animal welfare dossier, with a recap of French and European legislation and examples of animal welfare initiatives in countries elsewhere in the world. It concludes with a look at the social issues involved.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: written answer to priority question P-003061/23: Commission, where is the promised legislation on animal welfare ?

Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2024

Answer to a question on the postponement of the planned revision of European animal welfare regulations and of the possible ban on the caging of farm animals promised by the European Commission in response to the End the Cage Age European citizen's initiative.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Housing, Breeding and rearing systems

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