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Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Elżbieta Kruk
Political group: ECR
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Tymczasem dziś można już bezpiecznie obejść się bez zadawania cierpień zwierzętom. Nowoczesne, alternatywne metody sprawdzania kosmetyków są efektywniejsze niż przestarzałe i okrutne doświadczenia na zwierzętach. Wesprzyjmy obywatelskie postulaty wzywające Komisję do zmiany przepisów i przedstawienia planu stopniowego wycofywania się ze wszelkich eksperymentów na zwierzętach, wspierania rozwoju i wdrażania nowych technologii, w tym przekierowania finansowania z badań na zwierzętach na metody alternatywne. Połóżmy kres cierpieniu milionów zwierząt w europejskich laboratoriach.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Annika Bruna
Political group: ID
Country: Romania
Language: FR

J’ai déjà eu l’occasion de présenter des solutions à la Commission, parmi lesquelles la possibilité pour l’Agence européenne des produits chimiques d’homologuer elle-même des méthodes alternatives aux tests sur les animaux, avec effet immédiat. La possibilité également pour le Laboratoire européen pour les alternatives à l’expérimentation animale d’homologuer ses méthodes, là encore avec un effet immédiat.  Je me suis rendue mardi dernier dans ce laboratoire qui est situé en Italie, à Ispra. Ces méthodes sont nombreuses – toxico-génomiques, organes sur puce et modèles de peau reconstituée, bioimpression, modélisation informatique ou encore simulation de mécanismes neurologiques. Aujourd’hui, la science avance plus vite que le droit. Les méthodes alternatives se développent et sont reconnues comme fiables. Ce qui empêche de remplacer les tests sur les animaux, c’est l’inertie du droit et, il faut bien le reconnaître, l’inertie de la Commission européenne. Plus d’un million de citoyens ont les yeux rivés sur vous et attendent des réponses. Vous ne pouvez les ignorer.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Sunčana Glavak
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, poštovana povjerenice, kolegice i kolege, očito je da testiranje kozmetike na životinjama jest praksa koja izaziva zabrinutost među građanima diljem Europske unije. Osuđujemo, naravno, patnju i okrutnost koju životinje podnose u ime ljepote i sigurnosti proizvoda.  Prema podacima organizacije Prijatelji životinja, čuli smo različite podatke i brojke danas, međutim, ovo je nešto najsvježije, svake godine otprilike 35 tisuća životinja u Europi te milijuni širom svijeta izloženi su patnji zbog testiranja. Govorimo o kozmetičkim proizvodima ili njihovim sastojcima. Praksa je to koja nije samo okrutna, već je, više smo puta čuli ovdje, i zastarjela.  Postoje brojne alternative koje su dostupne i koje su napredovale u posljednjim desetljećima. Napredak znanosti i tehnologije omogućuje nam razvoj sofisticiranih in vitro metoda, organskih modela, računalnih simulacija koje su pouzdane, relevantne, a što je najbitnije, i etične.  Europska unija već ima naprednu regulativu koja zabranjuje testiranje kozmetičkih sastojaka na životinjama. Međutim, moramo ići dalje i pozivam stoga i Komisiju da napravi iskorak u tom smjeru prema gotovim kozmetičkim proizvodima koji se stavljaju na tržište. Budimo predvodnici onih etičkih standarda o kojima toliko govorimo i poticanja industrije da razvije održive alternative za testiranje.  Ova inicijativa vrijedna je, predstavlja korak naprijed prema etičkoj održivoj budućnosti i stoga je na nama da stvorimo Europu koja štiti životinje i to upravo jačanjem i promicanjem inovacija, a u tom smjeru išli smo četiri godine za vrijeme ove Komisije i ovog saziva parlamenta. Imamo novaca, imamo resurse, učinimo to.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Beatrice Covassi
Political group: S-D
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, sembra incredibile che ancora oggi nel 2023 dobbiamo discutere in questo Parlamento dell'utilizzo di animali come cavie per prodotti cosmetici, quando, già negli anni '90, venivano lanciate le prime linee non testate su animali. L'Unione europea è all'avanguardia: tra il 2004 e il 2013 abbiamo messo al bando i test sugli animali per i prodotti cosmetici e i loro ingredienti; nel 2007 abbiamo incluso nei trattati il principio del benessere degli animali. Questo mentre nel mondo l'80 % dei paesi non ha ancora normative in merito. Eppure le nostre regole di fatto vengono eluse perché i cosmetici contengono anche ingredienti che ricadono sotto altre normative e vengono ancora testati su animali. Oggi l'innovazione tecnologica ci permette già di testare in modo sicuro senza che nessun essere vivente debba soffrirne. Da qui la lodevole iniziativa dei cittadini europei che discutiamo oggi, con oltre un milione e duecentomila firme e che lancia un fondato allarme. Allora, cari colleghi, niente timidezze: abbracciamo una volta e per sempre un concetto di bellezza più profondo, dove il rispetto di ogni forma di vita possa essere terapeutico e trasformativo non solo dei nostri corpi, ma anche della nostra anima. La nostra Europa sarà bella e grande nella misura in cui saprà essere sempre più dalla parte del rispetto della natura, degli ecosistemi, degli esseri viventi.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Paní předsedající, opravdu ohromující počet občanů nás vyzývá k tomu, abychom zakročili proti testování na zvířatech. Máme samozřejmě ke zvířatům jako živým tvorům projevovat respekt a úctu.  Já se připojuji k těmto občanům. Je nepochybné, že zde máme dvojí legislativu, jednu, která zakazuje toto testování, a druhou, která říká, že pro chemikálie musí povinně dojít k tomu testování na zvířeti. Myslím si, že je to taková zákonná forma obcházení, a bohužel mnozí producenti farmaceutického průmyslu tuto výjimku využívají velmi často. Se zájmem jsem si poslechl vystoupení paní komisařky. Jsem velmi rád, že upozornila na ty alternativní metody a dokonce jejich možnosti financování výzkumu, které jsou k dispozici. Pojďme být skutečně důslednější. Zvyšme sankce za právě to obcházení zákona. Možná, že dokonce zpřísněme tu legislativu. To je, myslím, jednoznačné. A měli bychom skutečně zakázat některou kosmetiku na trhu, která nedodrží tato stanovená pravidla.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Caroline Roose
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, le règlement cosmétique de 2009 interdit des expérimentations animales sur les produits cosmétiques et sur leurs ingrédients. Il interdit aussi la mise sur le marché de produits qui avaient été testés ou dont les ingrédients avaient été testés sur des animaux. Pourtant, l’Agence européenne des produits chimiques continue d’exiger de certains fabricants qu’ils recourent à des tests sur les animaux. Rien aujourd’hui ne peut justifier que des tests sur les animaux soient pratiqués pour des cosmétiques. Cela fait des années que les fabricants et les associations de protection des animaux alertent sur ce scandale. Aujourd’hui, grâce à la mobilisation des dizaines d’associations et plus d’un million de signatures de citoyennes et citoyens européens, nous en discutons enfin! Merci à eux. L’initiative citoyenne européenne nous invite aussi à nous poser plus globalement la question des tests sur les animaux. Les alternatives existent. Elles sont même souvent plus fiables que les tests sur les animaux. Pourtant, les tests sur les animaux diminuent à peine. Nous avons besoin d’un plan d’action complet qui mêle formation des professionnels, financements publics et réglementation pour réduire significativement les tests sur les animaux.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, firstly, to debunk one of the key myths about this European Citizens’ Initiative, there have been claims that this proposal will be harmful and limiting to medical research with an outright ban on animal testing, which is untrue. Despite the ban on animal testing on cosmetic products it is an ongoing practice with certain ingredients that require testing by the European Chemicals Agency.  This initiative outlines a clear consumer demand to reduce mandatory chemical testing, with a proposal to transform and innovate EU chemicals regulation to ensure that human health and the environment are protected by managing chemicals without the barrier of new animal testing requirements, as outlined in a report by the European Environment Bureau.  This needs to be achieved through REACH regulation, which is responsible for testing requirements. So the revision of REACH legislation is crucial. But when will it happen? The Commission has been promising this for a while.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I know we heard from the Commissioner that the Commission is listening. But if you are, I wonder, are you really hearing? Because we know that the Commission and the European Chemicals Agency are still standing over animal testing under the REACH Regulation for chemicals used exclusively in cosmetics, for which there is a possibility of workforce exposure or a risk to the environment. Now, this is a double standard and a joke. As colleagues have said, the European Union lauded the fact that we became a world leader 10 years ago in banning cosmetics products being tested on animals. It is time for us to stop the double standards now. It is beyond time for us to respect the demand of the 1.2 million citizens who are demanding a legally binding act to end animal testing for cosmetic products and ingredients under REACH, including the safety of workers, and to put an end to the serious legal inconsistency that has been going on over the past period. As colleagues have said, there are alternatives. We need to commit to a Europe without animal testing, and I really hope that the Commission comes up with a roadmap for that.
Debate: European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Věra Jourová
Language: EN

So I can confirm I was not only listening; I also heard you. For us policy-makers, the support of citizens for a policy direction is key. This initiative reminds us how animal welfare remains a strong concern for European citizens, and we take that call very seriously. And not only this initiative – we had several initiatives in a row which concerned animals. Coming back to this one, we are now in the final stage of the European Citizens’ Initiative cycle, which is to finalise the Commission’s formal answer to the initiative, covering our general conclusions as well as any action we may intend to take to follow up. This debate is timely because the College will have to adopt the communication by 25 July, so very soon. This will be the second initiative replied to this month, as the Commission adopted last week its reply to another initiative concerning animal welfare, which aims at ending the trade of loose shark fins – a horrible practice, barbaric. I think that it’s high time we react. Before concluding, I am also glad to share with you that the Commission is currently examining one other successful initiative – Fur-Free Europe – to which the Commission will reply before the end of this year. Citizens’ engagement in the EU is growing ever stronger and I hope that it will also be reflected in the next elections. Demonstrating that we take seriously their concerns and clearly explaining our decisions will be essential for their trust in the EU and their continued involvement. That is why I am always repeating that I admire the initiatives and the efforts of the organisers, because this is really a very important contribution to our work. Thank you again for this fruitful debate.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Heidi Hautala
Country: Poland
Language: FI

Esityslistalla on seuraavana João Pimenta Lopesin kalatalousvaliokunnan puolesta laatima mietintö ehdotuksesta Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston asetukseksi Eteläisen Intian valtameren kalastussopimuksen (SIOFA) soveltamisalaan kuuluvalla alueella sovellettavista hoito-, säilyttämis- ja valvontatoimenpiteistä (
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Věra Jourová
Language: EN

I welcome the fact that the European Parliament acknowledges that this implementation is an EU obligation under international law. Therefore, I regret even more the call to reject the Commission proposal due to divergent views on how to insert into the EU regulation the administrative forms and templates of the international organisation, which under international law operators are required to use in their original format and language in order to be compliant.  While seeking to facilitate the implementation of that specific requirement for EU fishers, the Commission remains fully committed to give practical effect to multilingualism in the European Union. Every citizen should be able to acquaint themselves with all rights and obligations in their respective EU language. We share these values with the European Parliament, and I regret that our institutions could not yet find a mutually acceptable solution that could address the concerns mentioned by the rapporteur.  The Commission has offered to make available, on the Commission website, translations into all EU languages of those forms and templates. Alternatively, and instead of dynamic references to measures of international bodies, the Commission is ready to explore the creation of an EU registry as a single point of reference for EU operators, containing all reference, relevant forms and templates of regional fisheries management organisations in their most updated version in all EU languages.  The proposed solutions would allow for swift information of operators in all EU languages in case of any changes of forms or templates at international level. This approach would ensure legal clarity regarding the correct forms to be filled in by EU fishers and avoid unnecessary procedural delays in the implementation of international measures, which would not only put EU fishers in a disadvantaged position but also at risk of involuntary infringement, which in turn could lead to reputational damage for the EU.  The Commission remains ready to discuss these solutions further. Therefore, I urge you to continue this work with the Commission and to refer this file back to the PECH Committee. I can assure you that the Commission will be willing to uphold a mutually agreed solution to this file – also in all future proposals of the same nature. I hope that, in the spirit of mutual sincere cooperation, you can accept the hand that I stretch out to you today.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: PT

Poderíamos discutir hoje as políticas públicas e as regras desenhadas no presente acordo, mas não o faremos. Poderíamos debater a urgência do apoio ao setor das pescas para que a sua gestão seja sustentável e eficiente, mas não o faremos.  Hoje, o que aqui defendemos é o respeito pelo trabalho de cada um de nós, representantes dos cidadãos portugueses, dos cidadãos europeus, enquanto colegisladores do Parlamento. Senhora Comissária, o Parlamento Europeu pediu e apresentou alternativas ao presente acordo. Adiou votações na Comissão das Pescas para dar tempo à Comissão para emendar as falhas a que sujeitou este acordo. A Comissão fez tábua rasa dos nossos pedidos. Podia discorrer sobre o conteúdo do acordo, mas vejo-me obrigada a sublinhar o facto de os serviços legais das três instituições europeias apontarem falhas à Comissão, a guardiã dos Tratados. A não tradução dos textos em todas as línguas impede uma verdadeira compreensão e participação de todos os cidadãos na sua própria língua. Ao rejeitarem o multilinguismo, estão a desvalorizar a importância de todos aqueles que representamos e com isso não podemos pactuar.  Rejeitar este acordo é um voto pela igualdade de acesso e de respeito pela comunidade e pelos cidadãos. É um voto de preservação do multilinguismo e um voto que expressa o respeito que exigimos pelo papel do Parlamento Europeu, enquanto colegislador.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Isabel Carvalhais
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: PT

É lamentável, sabemos, ter de estar aqui e chegar a esta necessidade de propor rejeitar a proposta da Comissão. Contudo, nós não podemos aceitar que a Comissão argumente sobre este assunto como sendo apenas uma questão de divergências quanto à técnica legislativa que escolheu para os formulários de ORGP a utilizar pelos operadores.  Relembro que existem acórdãos do Tribunal de Justiça da União, nomeadamente os acórdãos de James Elliot e Stichting e ainda a recente opinião, com apenas duas semanas, da advogada-geral do Tribunal de Justiça no processo C-588/21P que, clara e consistentemente, afirmam que nenhuma medida pode substituir a obrigação de publicar todas as informações num jornal oficial.  Ora, defender a publicação de todas as informações nas línguas oficiais da União no Jornal Oficial é assegurar a acessibilidade e a aplicação dos documentos oficiais a todos os cidadãos, muito em particular, é a forma de garantir a segurança jurídica aos nossos operadores. Não é uma questão de divergência técnica.  Temos solicitado, em várias ocasiões, que a Comissão Europeia retire esta proposta no sentido de proceder à sua devida correção, porque o Parlamento só pode e só deve fazer o trabalho que lhe compete e nada mais.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica
Political group: Renew
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

En primer lugar está el retraso en transponer unas medidas de conservación, control y ordenación de pesca en el Índico Meridional adoptadas por el Consejo Consultivo de Pesca del Índico: el SIOFA, que llega siete años tarde. La Unión Europea es parte contratante de esta OROP desde 2008, por lo que sus acuerdos la vinculan.  En segundo lugar, la introducción de referencias dinámicas, que tienen la supuesta intención de acelerar la transposición, pero que van mucho más allá de los acuerdos originales, alterando las medidas que se deben transponer.  En tercer lugar, la resistencia a comunicar a los afectados en su propia lengua el alcance de estas medidas.  Hemos expresado estas posiciones claramente a la Comisión en estos meses, pero las posturas no se mueven. Por eso, es hora de decir no a esta forma de hacer que, una vez más, afecta negativamente al sector de la pesca europea.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: France Jamet
Political group: ID
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Si, évidemment, je partage la position de M. Pimenta Lopes sur la forme, et notamment sur l’aspect linguistique que mes collègues viennent de relever, j’ai au-delà des remarques à faire sur le fond. Il est quand même préoccupant qu’au terme de ces accords, les politiques européennes aillent dans le sens d’un soutien indéfectible, et je dirais même systématique, à ceux que je qualifierai de financiers de la mer: la pêche macro-industrielle des multinationales. À l’heure où l’enjeu environnemental est capital et où le développement de l’économie bleue est fondamental, il est nécessaire de préserver notre modèle de pêche traditionnel, ses emplois induits et l’environnement. À commencer par tout ce qui contribuera à lutter contre la pêche illégale, non déclarée et non réglementée, et contre la piraterie. Et pour cela, nous devons nous appuyer sur une coopération renforcée avec tous les États riverains de l’océan Indien, bien sûr, tous, y compris la Chine et l’Inde.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Gabriel Mato
Political group: PPE
Country: Lithuania
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señora comisaria, quisiera, en primer lugar, destacar el trabajo que lleva a cabo la Comisión en las organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera, contribuyendo decisivamente a la gobernanza de los océanos a escala internacional. Muchas veces me ha escuchado el comisario mis críticas y hoy quiero reiterar nuestra oposición a las medidas discriminatorias e injustas para la flota de la Unión Europea adoptadas en la Comisión del Atún para el Océano Índico.  Dicho esto, señora comisaria, a la hora de transponer los acuerdos, la Comisión impone a los pescadores de la Unión medidas muy estrictas, lo que no sucede con las flotas no comunitarias, y ello implica desigualdad de condiciones entre todos los operadores que faenan en la misma zona y comercializan sus productos en los mismos mercados, con la consiguiente pérdida de competitividad de nuestros operadores frente a los operadores extranjeros.  Otra cuestión que quiero destacar, y ya se ha hecho hoy aquí, es que la transposición debe dejarse en manos de los colegisladores y no realizarse mediante actos delegados, sobre todo para evitar situaciones en las que la Comisión va mucho más lejos de lo acordado.  Finalmente, no quiero dejar pasar por alto una realidad preocupante: es absolutamente inaceptable que la propuesta de la Comisión llegue al Parlamento con meses o incluso, como es el caso, años de retraso, dándose la paradoja de que cuando aprobamos el texto las medidas ya han sido reiteradamente modificadas. Comisaria, establezcan una manera eficaz de transponer rápidamente las medidas adoptadas en las organizaciones internacionales, porque la buena gobernanza, además, empieza por respetar el papel que desempeña cada institución en la Unión Europea.
Debate: Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: MONDAY, 10 JULY 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the Irish fishing industry is predicted to lose EUR 43 million worth of quota share by 2026 under the EU-UK free trade agreement. This will amount to a 15% reduction in the overall value of Irish fish quotas compared to 2020. Ireland was proportionally massively more impacted by the Brexit agreement than any other Member State. The upcoming review of the common fisheries policy must address the hugely disproportionate impact of Brexit on the Irish fishing industry, including these imbalances in the quota transfers. But it also needs to increase Irish quota shares overall. Let’s not forget: the common fisheries policy shafted Irish fishermen right from the start. The CFP allows foreign boats to catch up to 85% of the fish in Irish waters. Yet Irish boats get no reciprocal access to the waters of other Member States. It looks like the EU solidarity is in short supply for Ireland’s fishing communities.