Our report “For a More Humane Union” is out now! This report is the first-of-its-kind comprehensive legal review of EU farm animal welfare legislation, in preparation of its revision in the coming years.
This White Paper advocates for a complete change in the way EU animal welfare legislation is discussed, drafted, and implemented; and offers solutions to address the particular issues posed by low-quality legal drafting and the over- complicated procedures to amend secondary and tertiary legislation.
In this report, you will find:
– An overview of the evolution of EU farm animal welfare laws over the past five decades
– Detailed explanations on the role played by the different actors and institutions other than the Legislature in shaping these laws, such as the European Food Safety Authority or the European Court of Justice.
– Factsheets summarizing the different rules in each of the farm animal welfare laws.
– Factsheets detailing the different shortcomings that can be found in these acts, followed by a list of recommendations on how to redress such shortcomings in the course of the next revision.
Anatole Poinsot (Legal Advisor) a contribué à l’ouvrage collectif Droit et animaux d’élevage (dirigé par Adrienne Bonnet) avec un chapitre consacré à la législation européenne sur la protection des animaux durant le transport.
Alice Di Concetto (Chief Legal Advisor) was quoted in an investigative report published in Voxeurop about the thousands of farmed animals who perished in floods in Europe.
Ahead of the first “Food Dialogue,” which will take place on March 5th at the Commission, we joined forced with 15 civil society organizations and sent a joint letter to Commissioners Stéphane Séjourné, Christophe Hansen, and Oliver Varhelyi urging them to take strong measures regarding public food procurement in the EU.
