European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (COM(2001) 20 — C5-0039/2001 — 2001/0021(CNS))
Date: 2001-06-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: fattening, intensive livestock farming, protection of animals, standard, swine, veterinary legislation

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

further developments of group-housing systems for preg-
nant sows,

the determination of space requirements for individually-
housed adult breeding boar,

further developments of loose-house systems for sows in
the service area and for farrowing sows, which meet the
needs of the sow without compromising piglet survival,

the development of techniques that will reduce the need to
resort to surgical castration,

consumer(cid:146)s attitutes and behavior towards pig meat in the
event of no improvement or only minor improvement
being achieved in the welfare of the animals.

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

further developments of group-housing systems for preg-
nant sows,

the determination of space requirements for individually-
housed adult breeding boar,

further developments of loose-house systems for sows in
the service area and for farrowing sows, which meet the
needs of the sow without compromising piglet survival,

the development of production methods that will reduce
the need to resort to surgical castration,

consumer(cid:146)s attitutes and behavior towards pig meat in the
event of no improvement or only minor improvement
being achieved in the welfare of the animals,

6a. market research for the purpose of analysing whether or
not the market takes into account the extra cost gener-
ated by animal welfare measures,

6b. an exhaustive study of the economic impact of the

measures laid down in this Directive as a whole.

The report may if necessary be accompanied by appropriate
legislative proposals.

The report may if necessary be accompanied by appropriate
legislative proposals.

Amendment 32
ARTICLE 1, POINT 3a (new)
Article 7, paragraph 3a (new) (Directive 91/630/EEC)

3a. The following pargraph is added to Article 7:

3a.
The Commission shall, no later than 1 January
2002, draw up a report for the European Parliament
and the Council on compliance with the provisions of
this Directive and the Annex, and on the checks carried
out.

Amendment 33
ARTICLE 1, POINT 4
Article 10, paragraph 3a (new) (Directive 91/630/EEC)

3a.
If new provisions of the Annex substantially amend
the content of the Directive and/or have a significant impact
on the economic balance of holdings or the way in which
their work is organised, the planned amendments to the
rules must be decided upon in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 37 of the Treaty.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Directive 91/
630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (COM(2001) 20 (cid:129) C5-0039/
2001 (cid:129) 2001/0021(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 20) (1),

(cid:129) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty(C5-0039/2001),

(1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 114.

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(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion
of the Committee on Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0210/
2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

3.
Parliament;

4.

5.

Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

9. Exceptional financial assistance to Kosovo *

A5-0209/2001

Proposal

for a Council decision on further exceptional

financial assistance to Kosovo

(COM(2001) 81 (cid:129) C5-0138/2001 (cid:129) 2001/0045(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Proposal for a Council decision on further exceptional financial
assistance to Kosovo

Proposal for a Council decision on further exceptional financial
assistance to Kosovo (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Amendment 1
Title

Amendment 2
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 308 thereof, as well as Coun-
cil Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on
assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/
96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC)
No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC (1),
and in particular its Article 6(4),

(1) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 1.

Amendment 3
Recital 11

(11) Although economic activity has resumed with consider-
able speed after the conflict, Kosovo is at a low level of econ-
omic development and its GDP per capita is estimated to be
below other countries of the region and to be one of the
lowest in Europe;

(11) Although economic activity has resumed with consider-
able speed after the conflict, Kosovo is at a low level of econ-
omic development and its GDP per capita is estimated to be
one of the lowest in the region and in Europe;