Spain, 2010. Jo-Anne McArthur / Animal Equality / We Animals Media.

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  • The treatment of animals for food purposes in law and policy, including EU animal welfare legislation, the EU Green Deal and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  • Animal welfare standards in voluntary certifications, such as the EU Organic and the EU Quality Signs regulations
  • The regulation of consumer information pertaining to the treatment of farm animals used as ingredients for food production, such as front-of-pack labeling
  • The treatment of animals for fiber purposes in law and policy
  • Regulation of the production and commercialization of alternatives to conventionally-farmed animal source products (plant-based and cell-based)
  • Efforts to contain and combat legal exemptions (including common industry practices and traditions)

  • The legal treatment of animals used for scientific purposes
  • The regulation of alternatives to in vivo models
  • The EU and Member States policies to phase out animal-based science

  • The legal treatment of wild animals in captivity for entertainment purposes (zoos, circuses, film industry, etc.)
  • The legal treatment of animals used in traditions and rites (bullfighting, cockfighting, ritual slaughter, etc.)

  • Laws and policies to curb biodiversity extinction
  • Laws and policies to combat wildlife trafficking
  • The laws and regulation regarding private ownership of wild animals
  • The legal treatment of so-called “invasive species”
  • Hunting laws

  • International law and policy instruments regulating the treatment of animals as tradable goods and natural ressources (UN Conventions, OIE Codes, Free Trade Agreements, etc.)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and relevant interpretation of WTO agreements by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body, and their articulation with EU and national laws

policy briefs

Policy Brief #1 – Raising Our Voices

How EU Policymakers can Improve the Welfare of Billions of Farmed Animals between 2024 and 2029
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Policy Brief #2 – A Lifetime of Suffering

Why EU Policymakers Need to Focus on the Welfare of Fast-Growing Chickens Kept for Meat
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Policy Brief #3 – The Present and Future of the EU Agrifood System

Towards a Food System within Planetary Boundaries
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Policy Brief #4 – Still Trapped

On the Widespread Support for the Long-Awaited Ban on Cages in the EU
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Policy Brief #5 – The Road to Reform

In Support of a Strong Revision of Animal Transport Rules
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factsheets

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