Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-22-Speech-2-196"
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". – As rightly pointed out by the honourable Member, there are increasing concerns about the treatment of animals at livestock markets. It is the Commission's intention to cover this area when proposing new legislation on the protection of animals during transport before the end of this year.
Practical experience and scientific knowledge are today available to help the Commission in doing this. In particular, the Commission's objective is to ensure that Member States ensure that animal welfare considerations are an integral part of the operation of livestock markets. Acts of cruelty or negligence observed in some markets are the result of operators' ignorance and insufficient supervision by the competent authorities. Therefore, the Commission believes that it is necessary to increase the training of personnel handling animals at markets.
The Commission also considers that market operators should be primarily responsible for securing respect of welfare rules. They should be accountable for welfare rules as they already are for animal health rules. However, it should be remembered that day-to-day enforcement is the responsibility of the Member States. Substantial improvements can already be achieved under the current national provisions.
It is not the role of the Commission to supervise livestock market operations but to ensure that Member States respect the EU provisions in this regard."@en1
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