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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.20040330.3.2-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Niels Busk2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; 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 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all, I should like to thank my esteemed fellow MEP, Mr Maat for his outstanding work on the report and also for the very constructive cooperation we have enjoyed. Only because of the rapporteur’s persistence and huge efforts have we got so far as to have the report on the agenda for this part-session. Animals will benefit from the fact, and it should be to the delight of the many Europeans who are concerned about animal welfare. On behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, I have tabled an amendment that limits the journey time for animals for slaughter to eight hours. There was no majority for this in the committee, but hopefully there will be a majority for it during the vote. I am genuinely pleased that the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted my amendment concerning differentiated places in the case of journey times of less than four hours, for this will contribute to still more journeys taking place over short distances and, thus, to animals remaining in their countries of origin and being slaughtered there. In addition to journey times, there must be a lot of focus upon the conditions under which animals are transported, for even a journey time of two hours can be too long if the conditions are not as they should be. I am therefore delighted that the proposal on the table contains so many good decisions about ventilation, temperature and gradients of loading ramps. In that connection, it is definitely also worth mentioning that certificates are now being demanded of haulage contractors and that there is a demand for drivers and others who have dealings with animals to be trained to recognise and respond to issues concerning the animals’ welfare."@en1

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