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Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability

Veronika Vrecionová – Article 4, after § 1 – Am 286
Date: 19.06.2025·Reference: A10-0104/2025
Rapporteur: Veronika Vrecionová
breeding animaldomestic animalveterinary legislationtraceabilityillicit tradeconsumer protectionprotection of animalspet shopanimal breedinganimal welfaremarket approval

Overall Result

Rejected
  • 177 For
  • 375 Against
  • 28 Abstention
  • 139 Did not vote
Amendment— You are viewing a sub-vote (amendment) of the main vote.Amendment 286 · Tabled by The LeftView amendment at the EP ↗
Amendment wording

Tabled by Anja Hazekamp, Sebastian Everding, Valentina Palmisano, Giuseppe Antoci

Added: The general welfare requirements laid down in Article 5 and the prohibitions of abandonment, cruelty, techering and painful practices, laid down, respectively, in Article 6(1a) and (1b), Article 14(3) and Article 15 shall apply to all dogs and cats in the Union held under the responsibility of natural persons.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE773.963

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Status and procedure

Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.

Vote held on
Latest recorded step
Official Journal · (95 days ago)
Next scheduled step
No further step is scheduled in the source.
Publication in the Official Journal recorded

Procedure timeline

2023/0447(COD) · COD

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  1. Recorded: Referral351 days until the next step
  2. Recorded: Committee stage151 days until the next step
  3. Recorded: Plenary9 days until the next step
  4. Recorded: Negotiations207 days until the next step
  5. Recorded: Committee stage99 days until the next step
  6. Recorded: Plenary57 days until the next step
  7. Recorded: Signature54 days until the next step
  8. Latest recorded: Official Journal
Recorded activities (32)
  1. Referral to committee
  2. Committee report tabled
  3. Committee opinion tabled
  4. Committee amendments tabled
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  6. Committee opinion adopted
  7. Committee report adopted
  8. Tabling for plenary
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  15. Tabling for plenary
  16. Tabling for plenary
  17. Tabling for plenary
  18. Tabling for plenary
  19. Text amended in plenary
  20. Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
  21. Plenary vote
  22. Plenary vote results
  23. Interinstitutional negotiations
  24. Interinstitutional negotiations
  25. Provisional agreement approved in committee
  26. Tabling for plenary
  27. Tabling for plenary
  28. Parliament’s first-reading position
  29. Plenary vote
  30. Plenary vote results
  31. Signature
  32. Publication in the Official Journal
Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)
  1. Plenary vote
  2. Plenary vote

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What is this about?

  • Proposal for EU-wide minimum standards for keeping and breeding dogs and cats.
  • Traceability system planned for all animals traded in the EU.
  • Illegal breeding practices and cross-border trade to be more strictly controlled.
Source: AI Summary with Mistral

Vote by political group

How the political groups voted

Non-attached Members (NI)
For20
  • 20For
  • 0Against
  • 4Abstention
  • 6Did not vote
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Patriots for Europe (PfE)
For34
  • 34For
  • 31Against
  • 7Abstention
  • 13Did not vote
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The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)
For33
  • 33For
  • 0Against
  • 0Abstention
  • 13Did not vote
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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
For24
  • 24For
  • 84Against
  • 3Abstention
  • 25Did not vote
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European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
For4
  • 4For
  • 57Against
  • 3Abstention
  • 15Did not vote
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Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)
For51
  • 51For
  • 0Against
  • 0Abstention
  • 2Did not vote
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European People's Party (EPP)
For9
  • 9For
  • 127Against
  • 5Abstention
  • 47Did not vote
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Renew Europe (Renew)
For2
  • 2For
  • 58Against
  • 0Abstention
  • 15Did not vote
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Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)
For0
  • 0For
  • 18Against
  • 6Abstention
  • 3Did not vote
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Members

Showing 10 of 719

Vote Position
NameCountryGroupVote Position
Aleksandar NikolicAleksandar Nikolic
FrancePfE
For
Ilaria SalisIlaria Salis
ItalyGUE/NGL
For
Virginie JoronVirginie Joron
FrancePfE
For
Pascale PieraPascale Piera
FrancePfE
For
Andreas SchiederAndreas Schieder
AustriaS&D
For
Carola RacketeCarola Rackete
GermanyGUE/NGL
For
Geadis GeadiGeadis Geadi
CyprusECR
For
Valentina PalmisanoValentina Palmisano
ItalyGUE/NGL
For
Carolina MoraceCarolina Morace
ItalyGUE/NGL
For
Catarina VieiraCatarina Vieira
NetherlandsGreens/EFA
For
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