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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011113.7.2-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-13-Speech-2-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Over the years, transport by road has become increasingly cheap, relatively speaking. That is why all kinds of goods are continuously being hauled back and forth to places where the raw materials or labour are cheap, or where the expected profits are the highest. It is even worse if living creatures are involved. For example, discarded work horses from Eastern Europe are transported en masse to Western Europe to be slaughtered there. During this transport, they incur fractures, they do not get any water or feed, and animal diseases are quickly spread across Europe. Since a political majority wishes to protect the interests of the traders and carriers involved, various petitions organised over the years have failed to improve the situation. Nearly a year ago, the European Commission responded to me that the solution is to improve the ventilation of animal trucks. I fear that this non-legislative advice based on experience gathered from applying existing directives will not really solve the problem either. However, the proposals by Mr Maat to limit transport for slaughter or fattening to eight hours or 500 km, to increase the penalties for infringements, to re-open the smaller, regional slaughterhouses that were closed down by EU legislation, and to abolish export subsidies for live animals for slaughter constitute a necessary step forward."@en1

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