Document type : Regulation/Certification

Answer to a question on how the European Commission plans to tackle the illegal pet trade, including the creation of a European task force to combat the illegal cross-border trade in animals.

Answer to a question on whether the European Commission has assessed the feasibility of requiring microchip identification for dogs and cats from commercial breeders,  and of setting up an official database for compulsory identification and registration before they leave the breeding establishments.

Answer to a question on how the European Commission intends to apply the regulations banning the transport of live animals when temperatures exceed specified thresholds, and whether it intends to carry out additional temperature checks.

Answer to a question on the European Commission's intentions concerning the introduction of specific requirements for dogs and cats during commercial transport, as part of the revision of European animal welfare regulations. It also concerns the welfare checks to be carried out on these animals to ensure their suitability for transport.

Audit report identifying weaknesses in the current system to control the protection of animals transported by sea from Croatia to third countries, including the absence of documented procedures to for the authorization of transporters by sea and the failure of inspectors to identify certain deficiencies. It contains three recommendations to the competent authorities to improve the effectiveness of the official system for the protection of animal welfare during sea transport.

Answer to a question on whether the EU intends to regulate the use of captive wild animals in influencer videos, a practice that goes against animal welfare and fuels trafficking in the species concerned.

Order specifying the content of the two mandatory awareness-raising and information messages that must appear without alteration in the sections of French websites containing  pet sale offers, and must be displayed according to clearly defined technical procedures.

Answer to a question on whether the European Commission considers all cats or dogs to be of potential commercial interest, and whether proactive regulatory measures such as identification and registration should therefore apply by default.

Answer to a question on the European Commission's position on a feasibility study to determine the interest and necessity of a positive list of wild and exotic animals authorized to be marketed and kept as pets in the EU.

Answer to a question on whether the French government intends to follow up on the SPA's proposal to create an animal rights advocate who would act as an independent authority that could be tasked with centralizing, monitoring and increasing actions to guarantee respect for animal welfare.