MEPs call for new EU measures to strengthen livestock farming
Process in Brief
The Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee adopted a non-binding package of proposals to boost productivity and sustainability in the livestock sector, voting 40 in favour and 8 against.
What Is at Stake
The measures target productivity, sustainability and competitiveness across meat and dairy production, proposing safeguards for CAP budgets, alignment of trade agreements with EU animal welfare, health and environmental standards, stronger promotion and labelling including protection of geographical indications, and positioning livestock within a sustainable bioeconomy. They also call for a high-level group on livestock and enhanced EU coordination on vaccination strategies, early detection systems, a centralised vaccination data bank, data sharing and compensation schemes, responding to declining livestock populations, falling meat and dairy consumption except poultry, farmer exits and projected growth in global demand for animal protein by 2050.
Timeline
The non-binding resolution now needs to be voted by Parliament as a whole, possibly during the April session.
Sources
Official Documents
- MEPs call for new EU measures to strengthen and sustain livestock farming The Agriculture Committee adopted a non-binding resolution with proposals to boost livestock productivity, CAP budget protection, trade agreement standards, labelling and GI protection, a high-level livestock group, and coordinated vaccination and data-sharing.
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