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"Madam President, over one million Europeans have lobbied in favour of banning the import of cat and dog fur into the EU. The Commission listened to the European Parliament and reacted by taking legislative action to ban the import of cat and dog fur. I welcome this and hope that we will see an end to the barbaric trade which accounts for the slaughter of over two million cats and dogs each year.
However, we do not just want warm words. Some constituents have raised concerns that loopholes in the Commission’s proposal may allow imports via the back door. I recently tabled a written question asking the Commission about derogations that might allow the trade to continue. The reply that I received gave information on two derogations, one relating to fur that was part of personal or household effects being brought into the EU, and the other relating to fur or products containing fur that have not been bred or killed for fur production.
I welcome the fact that the European Parliament report deletes these derogations and I urge colleagues to fully support this report. We want to be sure that cat and dog fur will not be imported into the EU."@en1
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