AreaEuropean Union

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityLive animals

Date01/07/2012

Policy CategoryOther

Policy InstrumentAnimal welfare regulations

DescriptionAdopted a resolution in support of the new EU Animal Welfare Strategy 2012–2015, encouraging the European Commission to better enforce existing animal welfare (AW) legislation, to further expand AW legislation based on sound science and to pursue inclusion of AW standards in the international arena and in all its bilateral trade agreements.