Technical document on the impact of the proposed animal welfare regulation on the transport of beef cattle (March 2024)
On 7 December 2023, the European Commission published their proposal for the Regulation on the protection of animals during transport and related operations, COM (2023) 770 final 2023/0448 (COD).
This document presents the Spanish beef cattle sector, compares the Commission’s proposal with the 2022 EFSA Report “Welfare of Cattle During Transport”, and describes the impact of the proposal for each of the major issues addressed, including a summary of the social, economic and environmental impact of each of these areas described in the proposed Regulation.
Welfare of cattle during transport: pre-revision assessment (July 2023)
Situation report and perspectives: EU regulatory framework
The European Commission intends to propose a revision of existing animal welfare legislation within the framework of the Farm to Fork Strategy, which will undoubtedly include measures affecting beef cattle.
The participating organizations of the Spanish Interprofessional Beef Association requested of PROVACUNO a preliminary assessment of the status of animal welfare during transport and of existing legislation, including the opinion of the transport sector and the possible modifications that the Commission’s proposal would entail.
The report includes an assessment of the transport of bovine animals in Spain, a scientific review of the protection of bovine animals during transport, a consultation with a representative group of animal transport professionals, and a study of the possible measures put forward by the Commission. The report is based on the working document impact assessment report on animal welfare measures that has been circulated on European professional media platforms. The combined opinion of scientists and transport professionals has provided for the formulation of a
series of proposals from the Spanish sector. Potential Commission proposals have been extracted from the working document.
This document assesses the organizational, social, economic and environmental impact of both groups of proposals and extracts a series of conclusions that are facilitated to the organizations comprising PROVACUNO.
