Document type : Regulation/Certification

French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°38595: Aides aux associations accueillant un animal errant ou en état de divagation

Corinne Vignon (La République en Marche - Haute-Garonne), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Question as to whether the Government plans to provide specific financial assistance to associations that do not run a shelter but use a fostering system, in the context of the implementation of the law to strengthen the fight against animal abuse.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Societal issues

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°38743: Conséquences des accords du Brexit sur le transport des animaux de compagnie

Vincent Descoeur (Les Républicains - Cantal ), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Question asking for continued access to EU pet passports for British nationals living in France.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords: Transport

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-002442/2021: Controls on the sale of new kinds of pets

Annika Bruna (ID), Aurélia Beigneux (ID), Elżbieta Kruk (ECR), André Rougé (ID), Rosanna Conte (ID), Mr Sinkevičius on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Question on the European Commission's intention to establish a short restrictive list of the wild species allowed to be kept as pets.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Exotic pets

Keywords:Societal issues, Living environment

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European Citizens' Initiative : Commission to propose phasing out of cages for farm animals

EU Commission

Published in 2021

Press release from the European Commission outlining its response to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to end cage farming. The Commission is committed to bringing forward legislation to phase out and eventually ban cage farming of the species listed in the ECI.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Livestock farming system

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-002017/2021 : Fighting the illegal trade in wild animals

Annika Bruna (ID), Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Parliamentary question on the measures taken by the EU to punish wildlife smugglers using the internet for their trade and to prevent this illegal practice by the reporting of fraudulent advertisements and by informing potential buyers.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords: Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to question E-001825/2021 : Animal transport in the Suez Canal

Emma Wiesner (Renew), Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Parliamentary question on the recent blockage of live animal transport vessels in the Suez Canal, and on the measures the European Commission is going to take concerning Romania, which is responsible for 11 of them, and which has not complied with European regulations on animal transport.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Transport

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-002065/2021 : Possible Commission project on tracking the illegal pet trade on digital platforms

Manuela Ripa (Greens/EFA), Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Parliamentary question on the measures the European Commission intends to take to combat the abuses of online pet sales, such as the lack of identification for animals and sellers and the technical impossibility of properly monitoring the online market.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords: Societal issues

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°37327: Cession d’animaux sur les sites généralistes

Hélène Zannier (La République en Marche - Moselle ), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Parliamentary question on breaches of the regulations concerning the sale of animals online.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords: Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-002161/2021: New Zealand, a pioneer in animal transport

Harald Vilimsky (ID), Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Parliamentary question calling for a ban on the transport of live animals by sea or, at least, for its regulation to be tightened.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Transport

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Business benchmark on farm animal welfare 2019: "perfect storm" for accelerating food company action on farm animal welfare

Amanda Williams

Published in 2020

8th annual report on political commitment, performance and provision of information relating to animal welfare in 150 international agri-food companies.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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