Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on?
Efforts to Ban the Routine Tail Docking of Pigs and to Give Pigs Enrichment Materials via EU Law: Where Do We Stand a Quarter of a Century on?
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10.3390/ani9040132
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发表时间：
2019-04-01
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De Briyne, Nancy
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Nalon, Elena;De Briyne, Nancy
执行猪的福利立法是目前欧盟委员会在动物福利领域的优先事项之一。本文重点介绍了法律的禁令，对日常对接的尾巴，并提供丰富的猪在欧洲联盟。它按时间顺序概述了欧洲决策者为促进正确实施和执行法律而采取的步骤。此外，它分析了目前的状态，并提出了一个可能的未来scenaries.Abstract在其监护人的角色的条约，欧盟委员会必须确保成员国执行欧盟法律在其领土内。如果发现执法不力，委员会还有权采取侵权程序作为纠正措施。关于猪保护的第120/2008/EC号指令的情况是有问题的，因为只有少数成员国遵守对常规对接的禁令，而不是所有猪都得到（足够的）富集材料。在第一个欧盟范围内对常规尾部对接的法律的禁令生效25年后，我们面临着前所未有的局面，可能导致对20多个成员国提起侵权诉讼。本文介绍了欧盟制定专门保护猪福利的法律的各个步骤。它列出了许多努力（研究、考察访问、建议、审计、报告、概况介绍、行动计划等），欧洲决策者采取了一系列措施，以协助成员国努力更好地实施和执行相关规则。最后，本文进一步分析了目前的情况，并对未来可能出现的情况提出了思考。
Simple Summary Enforcing legislation on the welfare of pigs is currently one of the European Commission's priorities in the area of animal welfare. This article focuses on the legal ban on the routine docking of tails and the provision of enrichment to pigs within the European Union. It provides a chronological overview of the steps that have been taken by European policy makers to promote the correct implementation and enforcement of the law. In addition, it analyses the current state of play, and presents a reflection on possible future scenarios.Abstract In its role as guardian of the Treaties, the European Commission must ensure that Member States enforce EU law within their territories. If adequate enforcement is found to be wanting, the Commission also has the power to take infringement procedures as a corrective measure. The case of Directive 120/2008/EC on the protection of pigs is problematic, as only a few Member States are respecting the ban on routine tail docking, whilst not all pigs are given (adequate) enrichment materials. Twenty-five years after the first EU-wide legal ban on routine tail docking came into force, we are faced with an unprecedented situation that may lead to infringement procedures against more than 20 Member States. This paper describes the various steps that led to the development of the EU law designed specifically to safeguard the welfare of pigs. It lists the numerous efforts (research studies, study visits, recommendations, audits, reports, factsheets, action plans, etc.), undertaken by European decision makers to assist Member States in their efforts to better implement and enforce the relevant rules. Finally, the paper further analyses the current state of play and presents a reflection on possible future scenarios.