Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-046"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of animals2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.3.2-046"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-0472
lpv:speaker	lp:María Rodríguez Ramos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-03-31)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-03-31)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2002-01-22--2004-03-31)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-03-31)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-03-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-03-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the objective of this Directive, which is to ensure that animals are transported in dignified conditions, deserves all our support, but we want all decisions we adopt in this regard to be based on scientific and technical criteria. Furthermore, we must not forget that the transport of animals is subject to the rules and standards of the internal market and that we cannot legislate without taking account of economic reality, because surrounding the transport of animals there is economic activity for many areas of the European Union. We cannot agree with the rapporteur’s proposal with regard to the difference between animals intended for slaughter and animals intended to live. Dignified transportation affects both equally. With regard to the duration of transportation, from the outset the Commission has maintained its desire to bring the permitted duration of transportation into line with social legislation, but the truth is, Commissioner, that the best thing for the animal’s welfare is to reach its destination as quickly as possible. A rest of 12 hours for animals in the vehicle blatantly violates the welfare and dignity of the animals being transported, but the restriction of nine hours’ transportation also blatantly violates the principle of the internal market. We therefore believe that the coherent and correct solution or proposal will be to establish the obligation for two drivers, with a cycle of nine hours which would allow for a brief rest in order to be able to continue another cycle of nine hours in the transportation. Finally, I would like to say that we believe that all our efforts on this proposal to guarantee the dignity of animals in transport must focus on good conditions for the vehicles which transport them, good preparation of the people responsible for the transportation and, above all, ensuring that the rules we decide on here are complied with throughout the territory of the European Union."@en1

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