Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-058"

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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	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.3.2-058"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-0592
lpv:speaker	lp:Torben Lund2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Commission has given its proposal for a regulation the title ‘Protection of animals during transport’. I should probably say that, in my view, there is a considerable disparity between the title of the proposal and its content. With the Commission’s proposal, it is still possible to transport animals thousands of kilometres throughout Europe under wretched conditions and, moreover, without the animals being allowed at any time to leave the lorries. In my view, that cannot be called protection of animals during transport. Nor do I think that the report by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development remedies the Commission’s proposal, and I therefore hope that, in the vote, Parliament will stick to the position it has, moreover, held for two years that the transport of animals to slaughter or for fattening should not be for periods in excess of eight hours or for distances in excess of 500 kilometres. Because it is defensible in terms of animal protection, that would be the proposal to implement. I am, moreover, also able to support our obtaining better conditions for animals during transport. There is a long list of amendments that I think would remedy some of the shortcomings in the Commission’s proposal, so that animal welfare is given precedence over the financial considerations that otherwise govern the transports. I also think it important that we implement tighter controls, including random checks on the roads. I believe that these would be some of the most effective measures that could be implemented. As others too have mentioned, I think that export refunds for livestock should be abolished. It cannot be right that, under the EU system, we give direct transport subsidies to these long transports of livestock. Finally, I also think that individual countries must be entitled to give higher priority to animal welfare and so to lay down more restrictive rules than those proposed by the Commission. I hope that the majority of Parliament will show that it is considerations of animal welfare that are crucial in connection with the transports."@en1

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