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". – I share the concern that has been expressed that rules on the transport of animals are not being sufficiently enforced in certain areas. While Member States are responsible for the day-to-day enforcement of Community legislation, the Food and Veterinary Office of my Directorate-General undertakes specific control and inspection missions to check that Member States apply Community legislation in an effective and uniform manner.
Under Community legislation, transporters of livestock must submit a route plan in advance to the competent authority of the place of departure when the journey exceeds eight hours. On their return, the transporters must send back completed route plans to the same competent authority. The competent authorities of the place of departure must check in particular that completed route plans have been returned and verify that the journeys have been carried out according to the plans.
During the mission referred to, carried out in France in November 1999, it was found that the route plans stamped by the competent authorities of the place of departure were not properly implemented and that travelling time limits were often exceeded. The FVO mission report mentioned refers specifically to transporters whose journeys originated in Ireland.
Concerning France, the Commission is waiting to be informed about the actions taken by the competent authorities regarding some of the recommendations of the FVO mission report, especially of the action taken to ensure that route plans are properly used and signed. A reminder has been recently sent to the French authorities. Irish authorities have been informed of the findings of the FVO and details of the deficiencies detected have been sent.
The Commission is currently monitoring the situation in both cases. If it appears that a Member State repeatedly fails to enforce Community legislation, the Commission would consider opening an infringement procedure under Article 226, as has already been initiated against other Member States in relation to the protection of animals during transport.
I will present a report on the implementation in the Member States of the Community legislation on the protection of animals during transport to the Council and to the European Parliament. The Commission's report will include the findings mentioned in the FVO inspection reports. When this report has been concluded, I intend to present proposals to improve the transport of animals and the problem of insufficient enforcement of the travelling time limits will be addressed.
In conclusion, I assure you that animal welfare is very high on the Commission's agenda. I look forward to further discussion of these issues when I present the report on animal transport in the next few weeks."@en1
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