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Coordination ofMember States' positions with regard totheEuropean
Convention fortheprotection ofanimals kept forfarming purposes
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Subject:Coordination ofMemberStates'positionswithregardtothe
EuropeanConventionfortheprotectionofanimalskeptfor
farmingpurposes
(1)A.ByDecision78/923/EECof19June1978,theCouncilapprovedtheEuropean
Conventionfortheprotection ofanimalskeptforfarmingpurposesonbehalf
oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,sincetheConvention alreadycontains a
numberofprovisions allowingtheCommunitytobecomeaContracting Party.
Article8oftheConvention providesforthesetting-up ofaStandingCommittee
responsible fordraftingandadoptingrecommendations totheContracting
Partiesforthedetailedimplementation oftheConvention .TheStandingCommittee
hasnowbeensetup.ThememberswithvotingrightsincludeBelgium,France,
Germany,Luxembourg,theUnitedKingdomandDenmark,whiletheE.E.C.hasonly
observerstatus.
TheStandingCommitteeplanstodraftdetailedrulesinrespectoflayinghens,
onthebasisofadraftrecommendation whichhasbeencirculated totheContracting
Partiesandobservers.
On5August1981theCommission presentedtheCouncilwithaproposalfora
Directivelayingdownminimumstandardsfortheprotection oflayinghenskept
inbatterycages,whichtheCouncilisnowexamining.Itisthereforeimportant
toreservetheCommunity'spositionuntilCommunityruleshavebeenadopted.
B.Consequently ,theCommission proposes :
-thattheCouncilagreethattheMemberStatesreservetheirfinalpositions as
regardsthedraftingofdetailedrulesonthedimensions ofcagesandother
pointscoveredbytheCommission proposalenvisaged bytheStandingCommittee
oftheEuropeanConventionfortheprotection ofanimalskeptforfarming
purposes;
-thatcoordination takeplaceonthespotifnecessary.
(1)ONNoL323of17.11.1978,p.12.