de Brún report – Protecting Our Pets
A report authored by Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún was voted on and passed
through the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.
The legislative text adopted today allows for Ireland, Britain and three other
countries to continue to apply more stringent regulations regarding the non
commercial movement of domestic animals for the next 18 months, while ensuring
that pet owners can continue to travel across EU borders with their pets.
After the vote, Ms de Brún said "The modified regulation
acknowledges the progress made so far and so that the rabies situation in
the EU can improve even further, it extends the life of a transitional regime
in five Member states until 31st December 2011, at which time provisions
on the non commercial movement of pets will be the same across the EU."
"Great progress has been made to date in eradicating rabies but this
transitional regime for 5 member states will allow even further progress to be
made to get rid of the threat altogether. It will allow countries in
which rabies is not present to keep their animals protected."
The de Brún report, which was agreed at its first reading, is the first
legislative text of its kind to go through the European Parliament since
ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and it includes the new scrutiny procedures
allowed for by the Lisbon Treaty.
Led by Ms de Brún, all three institutions, including groups across the
political spectrum in the European Parliament, were able to agree on how these
new powers would be implemented for this revised regulation. ENDS
Note:
de Brun report passed
For 618
Against 17
Abstention 5