Declaration of the European Parliament on export refunds for live cattle to third countries
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: animal welfare, cattle, export refund, live animal, protection of animals, third country

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 31
Article 24, paragraph 3a (new)

Notwithstanding Article 28(2)

3a.
of Regulation (EC)
No 1782/2003, the time-limits set for payments under the
arrangements referred to in Annex I of that Regulation may
be altered, in which case the new time-limit shall be defined in
the programmes to be submitted in the context of the finan-
cial resources provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.

Amendment 32
Article 26, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1a (new)

In respect of the plant health programmes referred to in Arti-
cle 18, the Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Com-
mittee on Plant Health established by Council Decision 76/
894/EEC of 23 November 1976 (1).

(1) OJ L 340, 9.12.1976, p. 25.

Amendment 33
Article 28, paragraph 3

3.
Not later than 31 December 2009, and thereafter every
five years, the Commission shall submit a general report to Par-
liament and the Council showing the impact of the action taken
under this Regulation, accompanied if applicable by appropriate
proposals.

3.
Not later than 31 December 2008, and thereafter every
five years, the Commission shall submit a general report to Par-
liament and the Council showing the impact of the action taken
under this Regulation, accompanied if applicable by appropriate
proposals.

Amendment 34
Article 29, paragraph 2a (new)

However, measures relating to the specific supply arrange-
ments and measures to assist local products provided for in
Regulations (EC) Nos 1452/2001, 1453/2001 and 1454/
2001 shall remain in force until the date on which the Com-
mission approves the supply programmes provided for in Arti-
cle 5 of this Regulation and the starting-date for the appli-
the support programmes for local agricultural
cation of
products provided for in Article 9 of this Regulation respec-
tively.

Amendment 35
Article 32, paragraph 2

It shall apply from 1 January 2006. However, Articles 13, 25
and 26 shall apply from the date of its entry into force.

It shall apply from 1 January 2006. However, Articles 8, 13, 21
(3), 24, 25 and 26 shall apply from the date of its entry into
force.

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Export refunds for live cattle to third countries

Declaration of the European Parliament on export refunds for live cattle to third countries

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 116 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. noting that around 200 000 live cattle are exported each year from the EU to Lebanon and Egypt,

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B. noting that export refunds of around EUR 60 million a year have been paid in recent years for these

animals and that up to EUR 77 million are available for export refunds in 2005,

C.

concerned that journeys can last up to 10 days, that upon arrival animals are often handled and
slaughtered by methods which are illegal under EU law, and that consequently great suffering is inflicted
on the animals,

D.

concerned that existing legislation is not enforced and is in any case inadequate to protect the welfare
of the animals,

1.

Acknowledges that the EU recognises that animals are sentient beings;

Calls on the Commission and the Council to bring an immediate and permanent end to the system of

2.
export refund payments on live cattle exports to third countries;

Calls for public funds to be spent instead on schemes which promote and protect the welfare of

3.
animals;

Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the

4.
Council and the Commission:

Signatories

Jeggle,

Járóka,

Jensen,

Jørgensen,

Jałowiecki,

Adamou, Adwent, Agnoletto, Alvaro, Andersson, Ashworth, Atkins, Attwooll, Aubert, Auken, Battilocchio,
Bauer, Beazley, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Beňová, Berend, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bielan,
Blokland, Bösch, Bonde, Bonino, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Bowis, Bowles, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer,
Březina, Brie, Brok, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch,
Callanan, Camre, Casaca, Cashman, Castiglione, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Christensen, Chruszcz, Cirino
Pomicino, Claeys, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa P., Coûteaux, Cramer,
Czarnecki M., Czarnecki R., Davies, Demetriou, Deva, De Vits, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Pietro, Dover,
Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves,
Estrela, Ettl, Eurling, Evans Jillian, Evans Jonathan, Evans Robert, Fajmon, Falbr, Fatuzzo, Fernandes, Fern-
ández Martín, Ferreira A., Figueiredo, Flasarová, Florenz, Ford, Frassoni, Gahler, Gal'a, Gawronski, Gentvilas,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Gklavakis, Goepel, Gollnisch, Gomes, Goudin, Grabowski, Graefe zu
Baringdorf, Graça Moura, Grech, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Hall, Ham-
merstein Mintz, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh,
Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Honeyball, Horáček, Howitt, Hudghton, Hughes, Hybášková, Ilves, Isler Béguin,
Jackson,
Jonckheer, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall,
Kamiński, Karim, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klinz, Knapman, Konrad, Korhola, Koterec,
Krahmer, Krarup, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne,
Kułakowski, Kusstatscher, Kużmiuk, Lagendijk, Lambert, Langen, Langendries, La Russa, Lehne, Leichtfried,
Leinen, Le Pen J.-M., Le Pen M., Le Rachinel, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Louis, Lucas,
Ludford, Lundgren, Lynne, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Maňka, Mann
T., Mann E., Markov, Marques, Martin D., Martin H.-P., Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mat-
sakis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Meijer, Méndez De Vigo, Mikko, Mohácsi, Moraes, Morgan, Morgantini, Mulder,
Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Mussolini, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nattrass, Newton Dunn,
Nicholson, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Onesta, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou,
Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Pavilionis, Pęk, Peterle, Pflüger, Pieper, Pinior, Piot-
rowski, Pirilli, Pittella, Podestà, Podkański, Portas, Prets, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rasmussen, Remek,
Resetarits, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva
Rueda, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Roure, Rühle, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Sakalas, Samaras, Samuelsen,
dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sbarbati, Scheele, Schenardi, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schröder,
Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeberg, Segelström, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová,
Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Staes, Starkevičiūtė, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček,
Stroz, Stubb, Sturdy, Sumberg, Svensson, Swoboda, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tajani, Tannock, Thomsen,
Titford, Titley, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Ulmer, Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varvitsiotis,
Ventre, Vernola, Vlasák, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht-Niemeyer, Wallis, Watson, Westlund, Whitehead, Wie-
land, Wiersma, Wise, Wojciechowski, Wurtz, Wynn, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappala, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Ziele-
niec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvřina, Zwiefka