Keyword: Identification

European Parliament: Oral answer to Question O-000059/23: Promising review of EU animal welfare legislation and European citizens' initiatives on animal welfare (debate)

Question : Niels Fuglsang (S&D), Thomas Waitz (Greens/EFA), Günther Sidl (S&D), Sarah Wiener (Greens/EFA), Emil Radev (EPP), Michaela Šojdrová (EPP), Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP), Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA), Annika Bruna (ID), Caroline Roose (Greens/EFA), Pascal Durand (S&D), Pierre Larrouturou (S&D), Martin Buschmann (NI), Manuela Ripa (Greens/EFA), Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA), Maria Noichl (S&D), Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Greens/EFA), Grace O'Sullivan (Greens/EFA), Mario Furore (NI), Rosa D'Amato (Greens/EFA), Tiziana Beghin (NI), Petras Auštrevičius (Renew), Tilly Metz (Greens/EFA), Anja Hazekamp (The Left), Sylwia Spurek (Greens/EFA), Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA), Martin Hojsík (Renew), Michal Wiezik (Renew), Malin Björk (The Left), Marisa Matias (The Left), Ville Niinistö (Greens/EFA), Marianne Vind (S&D), Christel Schaldemose (S&D), Karen Melchior (Renew), Alice Kuhnke (Greens/EFA), Pär Holmgren (Greens/EFA), Marina Kaljurand (S&D), Mick Wallace (The Left), Henna Virkkunen (EPP), Róża Thun und Hohenstein (Renew). Answer: Ms Ferreira on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2024

On December 7, 2023, the European Commission brought forward only its proposed revision of the legislation on the protection of animals during transport, postponing the other long-awaited proposals to revise what is now outdated European animal welfare legislation. A group of MEPs has called on the European Commission to provide a precise timetable for the implementation of the legislative proposals that are still pending (farming, slaughter, labeling).

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Mammals, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry

Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Animal building, Animal trade, Identification, Housing, Restraint equipment, Breeding system, Transport, Societal issues

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Every step you take: Nudging animal welfare product purchases in a virtual supermarket

Nina Weingarten, Leonie Bach, Jutta Roosen, Monika Hartmann

Published in 2024

Scientific article analyzing the behavior of German consumers in a virtual supermarket where shelves featuring products produced according to animal welfare standards were made prominent using visual marketing techniques (footprints on the floor and banners). Marketing influenced the behavior of meat, milk and egg consumers, and sales of animal-welfare compliant products doubled in the compared with the control group.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Key words:Identification, Processing

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003229/23: Lack of reliable data on the commercial movements of cats and dogs

Question: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew). Answer: Mrs Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission.

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

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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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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001976/23: Cat and dog welfare - identification (microchipping) and registration

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

Published in 2023

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.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Animal trade, Population management, Identification, Societal issues

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Arrêté du 28 juin 2023 relatif aux messages de sensibilisation et d’information devant figurer dans les rubriques spécifiques aux offres de cession en ligne d’animaux de compagnie

Maud Faipoux

Published in 2023

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.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Identification, Human-animal relationships, Population management, Societal issues

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-001629/2023: Identification and registration of all cats and dogs

Jiří Pospíšil (PPE), Stanislav Polčák (PPE). Reply: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

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.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Identification, Human-animal relationships, Population management, Societal issues

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n° 5241 : Chats errants

Question: Ian Boucard (Les Républicains - Territoire de Belfort). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question concerning the delay in implementing the measures provided for by the French law passed in November 30, 2021 on the management of stray cats, in particular the failure to publish reports on the costed assessment of need or the estimated cost of capture and sterilization, to formulate recommendations, or to implement the trial provided for in Article 12 of the law.

Document Types: Technical work

Animal categories: Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Castration, One Welfare, Identification, Mistreatment, Risk management, Population management, Societal issues, Sterilization

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