Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of animals2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.3.2-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; CONT (2002-03-21--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, for us, the European Commission’s proposal in this area is completely unacceptable. It seems as if the starting point for the proposal was that it should be about goods being transported as efficiently as possible in an internal market. This is a mistaken point of departure. We should instead be proceeding on the basis that what is at issue here are animals, that is to say sentient creatures. It is this insight that is the very basis of the rules to be adopted. We in the Nordic Green Left welcome the fact that the committee has made this progress. We believe, however, that still further progress can be made in several areas. We shall vote in favour of the Member States being entitled both to introduce and to retain national rules that are stricter than the EU rules in this area. That applies not only to journey times. We recommend that an absolute maximum of eight hours be introduced for journeys and that it should not be possible to circumvent this time regulation with reference to rest time in the vehicles that are being used for transportation. The rules in the Commission’s proposal relating to space in the vehicles used for transportation are inadequate and need to be improved. We believe that the same rules should apply to all types of transport, irrespective of whether it is transport to slaughter or transport for fattening elsewhere. Strict rules regarding this point are positive above all in terms of the animals’ well-being, but also because they will favour local abattoirs and the development of mobile abattoirs. I wish to add a few words about the EU’s export refunds in connection with the export of livestock from the EU. Large sums are at present used for these export refunds. This practice is completely indefensible. It means direct support for comprehensive cruelty to animals, with very long journey times. It is entirely obvious that there are large problems involving the misuse and direct misappropriation of money within this sector. Budgetary control is very deficient in this area. It is not reforms that are needed where this issue is concerned. Refunds for the export of livestock from the EU should instead be completely abolished as quickly as possible."@en1

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