The French Ministry of Agriculture carried out consultations with all stakeholders within the first part of 2023. Those discussions allowed the drafting of proposals to toughen farm animal welfare, that have just lately been despatched to the Fee.
The French government ask the Eu Fee to:
- now not create scenarios that might once more position Eu farm animals farming ready of distorting festival or shedding competitiveness. This is a topic of running to improve the level of harmonization of the Eu Union’s interior marketplace;
- toughen the appliance of Eu requirements by means of 3rd (non-EU) international locations for merchandise of animal beginning exported to the EU at the foundation of reciprocity;
- that the “replicate” measures are really built-in into the texts of the longer term legislative package deal;
- in regards to the status quo of a Eu animal welfare label, the French government need to advertise the advance of client data during the labeling of animal merchandise positioned at the Eu marketplace on a voluntary foundation.
The French government additionally pressure that machine transformation can’t be quick and {that a} logical transition over the years will have to be regarded as. It is very important to take into accout the industrial capability of the sectors with the intention to adapt to the brand new necessities over the years and to permit time limits for the access into power of the texts to provide visibility to the pros, particularly as regards the amortization duration for investments in farm animals amenities.
August 9, 2023/ Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Protection/ France.
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