Veille Droit Animal
Published in 2024
Creation of a website listing animal protection legislation and regulations at European and French level
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:All subjects
Document type : Regulation/Certification
Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°8820 : Mise en application de l’interdiction du broyage des poussins mâles
Published in 2024
Answer to a question from a member of parliament asking the Ministry to enforce the ban on crushing male chicks, including regular checks in hatcheries, and to extend the regulations to female ducklings.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Euthanasia, Abuse, Prenatal issues, Livestock farming system
European Parliament: written answer to question E-000006/24: Fostering the development of mobile abattoirs
Published in 2024
Answer to a question from a Member of the European Parliament on the Commission's planned strategy to support the development of mobile abattoirs.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Key word:Animal trade, Euthanasia, Abuse, Livestock farming system, Transport
European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003635/23: Reviving our local slaughterhouses by requiring meat to be exported instead of live animals
Published in 2024
Answer to a question from an MEP asking the European Commission about its position on a proposal to boost small local abattoirs by stopping the long-distance transport of live animals and replacing it with the transport of meat.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Carcass quality, Transport
Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°12294 : Castration à vif et claquage des porcelets
Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question on the total ban on live castration and piglet slapping, a technique that consists of killing young animals deemed too weak by beating them against a wall.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Castration, Carcass quality, Euthanasia, Pain, Mistreatment, Mutilation, Sterilization
Sénat : réponse écrite à la question n°08192 : Nombre de chiens maximum pour un élevage familial
Published in 2024
Answer to a senator's question on the maximum number of adult dogs permitted at an address before a breeder must change status from private to commercial breeding.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal trade
European Parliament: written answer to question E-003639/23: Elite equestrian sport and animal welfare
Published in 2024
Answer to a Member's question on the measures the Commission intends to take to ensure that the welfare of horses in equestrian sport is respected
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Equines
Key word: Animal mediation, Education, Housing,Working animals
ssemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°12993 : Mesures pour lutter contre les abandons des animaux
Published in 2024
Answer to a parliamentary question from a French Member of Parliament asking MASA about the measures planned by the Government to combat animal abandonment, such as awareness-raising, communication, and support for rescue associations and shelters.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline, Exotic pets
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Abuse
National Assembly: written answer to question n°12527: Welfare and protection of farm animals
Published in 2024
Answer from MASA to a parliamentary question from a French Member of Parliament on the revision of European legislation on the welfare and protection of farm animals, which has not as yet delivered all of the expected package, in particular the ban on cages due to be in place by 2027.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Housing, Restraint equipment, Livestock farming system
European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003229/23: Lack of reliable data on the commercial movements of cats and dogs
Published in 2024
Reply from the European Commission to a question on the lack of reliable data on commercial movements of cats and dogs, which compromises the purpose of the TRACES system.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Animal trade, Identification, Transport
