Transport of animals used for scientific purposes
19.4.2023
Question for written answer E-001286/2023
to the Commission
Rule 138
Francisco Guerreiro (Verts/ALE)
While Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations is intended to cover the commercial transport of all live vertebrate animals, most of its provisions relate only to the welfare of certain terrestrial farmed animal species. Despite the stress, suffering and increased risk of injury that animals transported for scientific purposes may experience, there are almost no measures to ensure their welfare.
There is also no data on the transport of animals used for scientific purposes to the EU and within it, except for some very limited information that can be found in EU and Member State statistical reports on the use of animals for scientific purposes.
- 1.What (statistical) information does the Commission have on the transport of animals used for scientific purposes other than the limited information provided in the aforementioned EU and Member State reports? How does it intend to better monitor, measure and report on the transport of these animals?
- 2.What (species-specific) requirements on animals used for scientific purposes does the Commission intend to include in the revision of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005?
Submitted: 19.4.2023