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COMMUNICATION FROM THECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
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COORDINATION OFMEMEBER /STATES •POSITIONS WITH REGARD
TOTHE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FORTHEPROTECTION
OFANIMALS KEPTFORFARMING PURPOSES
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
I , '
TheEuropeanConventionfortheprotectionofanimalskeptforfarmingpurposes,
concludedundertheauspicesoftheCouncilofEurope,wasapprovedbythe
.■..... (1)Council .onbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (Decision78/923/EEC).
Article8oftheConventionprovidesforthesetting-upofaStandingCommittee
toberesponsiblefor'drawingupdetailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthe
Convention. . '
•« i
Sincetheinstruments ofaccessionhavenotbeendeposited,theCommunityis
notyetaContractingPartytotheConvention,onlyanobserverwithoutthe
righttovote..However,fiveMemberStates(Germany,Belgium,France,Luxembourg
andtheUnitedKingdom)arealreadyinapositiontovote.intheStandingCommittee
inwhich,moreover,theyrepresentthemajorityofthevotes.
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Consequently,itisimportanttocoordinatethepositionsoft'heMemberStates
beforethe-nextmeetingoftheStandingCommittee,especiallyas*itwillbe
concernedwithdetailedrulesinrespectoflayinghens.
AttheCouncil'srequest,theCommissionhasbeenstudyingthewelfareof
battery-kept layinghenswithaviewtodraftingareportandproposals.
Forthisreason,whilekeepingintouchwiththeworkoftheCommittee,itis
importanttoretainCommunitycompetenceandtoavoidMemberStatesadopting
divergentpositions,oranticipating theoutcomeoftheworkinhand.'
(1)O.J.NoL323.of17.11.1978,p.12

COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:Coordination ofMemberStates'positionswithregardtothe
European *Conventionfortheprotectionofanimalskeptfor
farmingpurposes.
(1)A.ByDecision78/923/EECof19June1978,theCouncilapprovedtheEuropean
Cbnventionfortheprotectionofanimalskeptforfarmingpurposesonbehalf .
oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,sincetheConvention alreadycontains a
numberofprovisions allowingtheCommunitytobecomeaContracting Party.
Article8oftheConvention providesforthesetting-up ofaStandingCommittee
responsible forelaborating andadoptingrecommedndation totheContracting
Partiesforthedetailedimplementation ofthe.Convention.TheStandingCommittee
hasnowbeensetup.Thememberswithvoting'rights ,areBelgium,France,Germany,
Cyprus,Sweden,Luxembourg andtheUnitedKingdom/-whiletheothermembersof
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theCouncilofEuropeandtheE.E.C.holdobserverstatus.
Theagendaforthemeetingon21October1980includesthedraftingofdetailed
rulesinrespectoflayinghens,onthebasisofadraftrecommendation which
hasbeencirculated totheContracting Partiesandobservers.--
OnthebasisoftheDecisionadoptedtytheCouncilon18September 1979andthe
*
"CouncilResolution of22July1980,theCommission hasundertaken workin
connection withthewelfareofbattery-kept layinghenswithaviewtodrafting
areportandproposalstobesubmittedtotheCouncilbefore 1July1981.Itis
thereforeimportanttoreservetheCommunity'spositionuntilthoseproposals
havebeentransmitted,aswasdecidedatpreviousmeetingsoftheStanding
.:Committee (27-30November1979and6-9May1980)andtheadoptionofappropriate
rulesforeseenforthe1November 1981.
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B.Consequently ,theCommission proposes :
-thattheCouncilagreethatthe'MemberStatesreservetheirfinalpositions
asregardsthedraftingofdetailedrules,scheduledforthenextmeetingof
theStandingCommittee,and,inparticular,refrainfromadoptingpositions
duringdiscussions ofthe,draftrecommendation ,andinparticularrefrainduring
thediscussionofthedraftrecommendation fromtakingpositionsprejudging the
outcomeoftheCommunity ,workandthat,furthermore,theMemberStatesactina
mannerensuringthattheStandingCommitteeadopt,norecommendation before
November 1981
.-thatcoordination takeplaceonthespot,ifnecessary.
O.J.NoL323of17.11.1978,p.12.