Animal Welfare during
Transport
Impact of 1/2005 on welfare of
animals
The IBF consortium carried out the project
“Study on the impact of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2005 on the protection of animals
during transport” on behalf of the EC, with
the objectives of collecting and analyzing
some of the data needed to compile the
report mentioned in Article 32 of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2005.
It is intended to provide detailed
assessment of the implementation of the
Regulation 1/2005, with special
reference to:
- the impact of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on
animal welfare during transport,
- the trade flows of live animals,
- the implementation of the navigation system,
- the socio-economic implications including the
regional aspects.
Indicative time frame
• The EFSA scientific evidence on welfare needs of
animals (was published in January 2011)
• The study results are expected on 13th March 2011
• The Commission will publish a report at the end of
2011, which will influence future action in the field
on animal transport.
- This does not mean that a new legislative proposal
will follow the report.
- For the time being, there is no new proposal in the
pipeline (in case of a new proposal in 2013, no
entry into force before 2017).
Meanwhile…….
Intergroup (EP) on animal welfare requested for
more rules for the transport of animals based on
the findings of the EFSA report on animal
transport.
• EFSA recommends that, in order to reduce the risk of
transport-associated disease outbreaks, strategies should
be developed to reduce the volume of transport.
• The Animal Welfare Intergroup endorses this
recommendation but believes it should be applied to all
animal transportation and not focused solely on disease
prevention.
The UECBV requested to attend and to give presentations
in the EP intergroup meeting of 29 September 2011
The aim of the presentations is to present to the members of the
intergroup:
•General view on AW by the SH (speaker: Nils Beaumond?)
•The background on livestock transport and livestock markets evolution
and the improvements made by the sector in the last years. Focus on
how the livestock sector can improve further the welfare of animals in
the future (speaker: Piet Thijsse, with input from Ray Doyle regarding
Livestock markets)
•AW in the slaughterhouses. How the sector prepares itself to comply
with regulation 1099/2009/EC, e.g. guidelines in the different MS
(speaker: to be decided by the UECBV meat industry committee
experts)
Meanwhile…….
Netherlands: National rule for the transport
of cattle
• On 2nd February 2011, the Dutch Secretary of
State decided that double-deck trucks loaded on
both decks with cattle aged 1 year or older will
no longer be permitted in the Netherlands as of
April 1st 2011 (for the moment this only applies
for slaughter animals)
Meanwhile…….
Germany: on 22nd March 2011, the German Federal States plan to
transpose into national law the Animal Transport Manual as a Federal
Decree.
Statement of grounds:
(i) to ensure sufficient air circulation (respect of temperature limit
values) in the lorry and
(ii) to reduce the risk of injury.
Considering that the Animal Transport Manual (version dated March
2010) stipulates that, in the case of bovine animals, there still should be
20cm room available above the highest point of the animal (head), twotier transportation of cattle would no longer be possible because of the
maximum height limit (4m) for lorries set in the Highway Code and the
Road Traffic Type Approval Law.