EN

Vote in the European Parliament

Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability

Veronika Vrecionová – Recital 24 – Am 278
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

Adopted
  • 326 For
  • 232 Against
  • 24 Abstention
  • 137 Did not vote
Amendment— You are viewing a sub-vote (amendment) of the main vote.Amendment 278 · Tabled by RenewView amendment at the EP ↗
Amendment wording

Tabled by Michal Wiezik

(24) Removed: Well Added: The Distress and suffering of dogs and cats during training activities by untrained or poorly educated handlers can have detrimental effects on the behavioural patterns of dogs and cats, with possible risks to human health and safety and the environment. Therefore, well trained and skilled staff are essential for improving the welfare conditions of Removed: animals. Added: animals, including when breeding, keeping and handling dogs intended for military, police and customs services. Competencies in animal welfare require knowledge of the basic behavioural patterns and … order to avoid inflicting pain, distress and suffering on dogs and cats. Added: Animal caretakers and relevant authorities, including government agencies should regularly update their competences through training programmes promoting training methods such as ‘operant conditioning’, prioritising positive reinforcement, instead of methods based on punishment.

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

← Back to Main Vote
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

Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.

  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
  5. Committee amendments tabled
  6. Committee opinion adopted
  7. Committee report adopted
  8. Tabling for plenary
  9. Tabling for plenary
  10. Tabling for plenary
  11. Tabling for plenary
  12. Tabling for plenary
  13. Tabling for plenary
  14. Tabling for plenary
  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

Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved:

Sources

Roll-call minutesParliament documentProcedure file (OEIL)

Data: EP Open Data API

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)
For14
  • 14For
  • 5Against
  • 4Abstention
  • 7Did not vote
View details
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
For20
  • 20For
  • 33Against
  • 10Abstention
  • 16Did not vote
View details
Renew Europe (Renew)
For56
  • 56For
  • 4Against
  • 0Abstention
  • 15Did not vote
View details
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)
For34
  • 34For
  • 0Against
  • 0Abstention
  • 12Did not vote
View details
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
For107
  • 107For
  • 1Against
  • 5Abstention
  • 23Did not vote
View details
Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)
For51
  • 51For
  • 0Against
  • 0Abstention
  • 2Did not vote
View details
Patriots for Europe (PfE)
For32
  • 32For
  • 37Against
  • 3Abstention
  • 13Did not vote
View details
European People's Party (EPP)
For11
  • 11For
  • 129Against
  • 1Abstention
  • 47Did not vote
View details
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)
For1
  • 1For
  • 23Against
  • 1Abstention
  • 2Did not vote
View details

Members

Showing 10 of 719

Vote Position
NameCountryGroupVote Position
Francesco TorselliFrancesco Torselli
ItalyECR
For
Anna StürgkhAnna Stürgkh
AustriaRenew
For
Marc BotengaMarc Botenga
BelgiumGUE/NGL
For
Jean-Marc GermainJean-Marc Germain
FranceS&D
For
Kira Marie Peter-HansenKira Marie Peter-Hansen
DenmarkGreens/EFA
For
Sérgio GonçalvesSérgio Gonçalves
PortugalS&D
For
Tsvetelina PenkovaTsvetelina Penkova
BulgariaS&D
For
Michał KoboskoMichał Kobosko
PolandRenew
For
Hannah NeumannHannah Neumann
GermanyGreens/EFA
For
Mārtiņš StaķisMārtiņš Staķis
LatviaGreens/EFA
For
Show more
← Go back
Follow us on Instagram@checksomevotes@checksomevotes_en