Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-066"

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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.20040330.3.2-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Esther Herranz García2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2002-02-19--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2004-03-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; EPP-ED (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I do not find the arguments advocating a restriction of the transport of animals to a certain number of hours to be appropriate. It is in fashion, as the Commission just acknowledged in its intervention, but they are not based on any proven scientific basis. The possible effects on the economy of regions and even whole countries could be very serious. The current legislation is more than sufficient to safeguard the welfare of animals during transport. The problem is not the existence of gaps in the legislation, which already covers all the requirements necessary to ensure comfort, but rather compliance with that legislation. The new rules should be directed towards improving controls in order to ensure respect for the legislation, rather than taking advantage of a debate such as this one on the welfare of cattle in order to introduce stringent restrictions on the free movement of goods, particularly restrictions which will not have the same effect in all countries. The amendments presented by certain Members of this House clearly represent a step backwards in the achievements made in the creation of the single market and could lead to the isolation of many regions, especially the European Union's peripheral and outermost regions. A restriction of the duration of journeys, without having made a prior in-depth impact study, is a measure which I would describe as clumsy and disproportionate, particularly if we bear in mind the harm that will be caused. I would finally like to draw attention to another element of this debate whose effects could be entirely contrary to those pursued: the reduction of maximum densities, which are already laid down in the legislation. This measure promotes aggressive behaviour amongst animals, as well as injuries due to the greater mobility of the cattle within the compartments of lorries. We should consider very carefully our decisions on all the points of the legislation which are equally incongruous, and thereby prevent our work from simply causing greater burdens for the sector and isolating economic sectors of entire regions."@en1

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