EU Platform on Animal Welfare - Main contents

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Abbreviation:

Policy Area: Agriculture;Food Safety;other (animal welfare, animal health)

Lead DG: DG Health and Food Safety

Type: Formal

Scope: Limited

Mission: The Platform is a forum to exchange information, scientific knowledge, and best practices related to animal welfare between Member States and all relevant stakeholders. This forum will promote animal welfare standards internationally and improve the enforcement of existing legislation on animal welfare.

Task: Assist the Commission in relation to the implementation of existing Union legislation, programmes and policies

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 27/01/2017

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 09/06/2023

Additional Information

Activity report: The inaugural meeting took place on 6 June 2017 in Brussels. The meeting documents are published on the designated SANTE website. The agenda, the minutes of the meeting as well the attendance list are added.

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/welfare/eu-platform-animal-welfare/meetings_en

AW_Agenda_2017_approved.pdf (approx. 533 kb)

Attendance list.pdf (approx. 118 kb)

Minutes.pdf (approx. 161 kb)

Activity report: The second meeting took place on 10 November 2017 in Brussels. The meeting documents are published on the designated SANTE website after the meeting. The agenda, the minutes and the attendance list are added.

AW_Agenda_2017_11_final version.pdf (approx. 730 kb)

ATTENDANCE LIST.pdf (approx. 117 kb)

Minutes.pdf (approx. 297 kb)

Selection procedure: The Platform comprise following members in relation to animal welfare: business and professional organisations, organisations from civil society, independent experts from academic and research institutes, EU and European Economic Area Member States, the European Food Safety Authorities and relevant international intergovernmental organisations like the World Organisation for Animal Health. Only members of business and professional organisations, organisations from civil society as well from academic and research institutes are currently being selected via a call for applications. The application was be sent by 06 March 2017 at the latest. The selection is completed and the members were nominated. The members are published in the Register of Commission Expert Groups and on the webpage of DG SANTE.

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/welfare/eu-platform-animal-welfare/members_en

Selection procedure: Since June 2017, the Platform on Animal Welfare brings together public entities (EU/EEA countries, EU bodies and international organisations) and private stakeholders of the animal welfare sector (business and professional organisations, organisations from civil society, independent experts from academic and research institutes). On 7 May 2021, the Commission adopted a Decision renewing, until 30 June 2025, the mandate of the Platform on Animal Welfare. This renewal implies a new a call for applications to select the private stakeholders of the Platform. The deadline for application is set on 21 June 2021 at the latest. The Commission will publish the list of members in the Register of Commission Expert Groups and on the webpage of DG SANTE.

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/welfare/eu-platform-animal-welfare/members_en

Rules of procedure: The expert groups and subgroups operate with standard rules of procedure of expert groups. The rules of procedure were adopted by simple majority of its members during the first Platform meeting on 6 June 2017.

Standard rules approved.pdf (approx. 253 kb)

Rules of procedure: The expert groups and subgroups operate with standard rules of procedure of expert groups. The new rules of procedure were adopted by simple majority of its members during the Platform meeting on 30 June 2022.

RoP_E03504_Platform on Animal Welfare.pdf (approx. 185 kb)

Subgroups

Sub-group on Animal Transport

Sub-group on animal welfare at the time of killing

Sub-group on animal welfare of poultry

Subgroup on calves and dairy cows

Sub-group on Labelling

Sub-group on Pig Welfare