# CE2010348EN.01003701.xml

| 21.12.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 348/37 |
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21.12.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 348/37

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Thursday 25 February 2010Transportation of horses for slaughter

P7_TA(2010)0040

Declaration of the European Parliament of 25 February 2010 on the transportation of horses for slaughter in the European Union

2010/C 348 E/05

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas every year approximately 100 000 horses are transported unnecessarily long distances under inhumane conditions into and across the European Union for slaughter, |
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whereas every year approximately 100 000 horses are transported unnecessarily long distances under inhumane conditions into and across the European Union for slaughter,

| B. | whereas there is well-documented evidence showing that horses are being transported over long distances, causing a variety of welfare problems such as serious injury, disease, exhaustion and dehydration, because of the inadequacies of the existing legislation, |
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whereas there is well-documented evidence showing that horses are being transported over long distances, causing a variety of welfare problems such as serious injury, disease, exhaustion and dehydration, because of the inadequacies of the existing legislation,

| C. | whereas there is strong evidence to suggest that Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations has not been robustly enforced, |
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whereas there is strong evidence to suggest that Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations has not been robustly enforced,

| D. | whereas a review of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 is being carried out by the Commission, |
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whereas a review of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 is being carried out by the Commission,

| 1. | Notes the petition collected by World Horse Welfare on the long-distance transportation of horses to slaughter in Europe; |
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Notes the petition collected by World Horse Welfare on the long-distance transportation of horses to slaughter in Europe;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission and Member States effectively to scrutinise World Horse Welfare’s dossier of evidence in the context of the Commission’s review of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005; |
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Calls on the Commission and Member States effectively to scrutinise World Horse Welfare’s dossier of evidence in the context of the Commission’s review of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005;

| 3. | Urges the Member States and the European Commission to robustly enforce Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005; |
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Urges the Member States and the European Commission to robustly enforce Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Council, the Commission, and the parliaments and government of the Member States. |
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Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Council, the Commission, and the parliaments and government of the Member States.

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(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 25 February 2010 (P7_PV(2010)02-25(ANN1)).

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