Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 91/629/EEC concerning the protection of calves
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 22. 11 1996 COM(96) 599 final 96/0029 (CNS) Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 91/629/EEC concerning the protection of calves (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) of the EC-Treaty) Explanatory Memorandum On 24 January 1996 the Commission presented to the Council a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 91/629/EEC concerning the protection of calves. 'J As a result of the opinion delivered by the European Parliament at its sitting of 20 September 1996, the Commission has decided in accordance with Article 189A(2) of the Treaty, to amend its original proposal. O. J. N o. L 3 4 0, 1 1. 1 2. 1 9 9 1, p. 28 Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 91/629/EEC concerning the protection of calves On 24 January 1996 the Commission presented the above proposal to the Council. Following the opinion of the European Parliament delivered at its sitting of 20 September 1996, the original proposal is amended as follows: - The following recital is added: "Whereas Declaration No 24 annexed to the final act of the Treaty on European Union calls upon the European Institutions and on the Member States, when drafting and implementing Community legislation, to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals;" - In article 1, 1, a new paragraph is added: "3 a. Any individual pens for calves (except those for the isolation os sick animals) must not have solid walls, but must have perforated sides which allow direct visual and tactile contact between the calves. " ISSN 0254-1475 COM(96) 599 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 Catalogue number : CB-CO-96-594-EN-C ISBN 92-78-11682-3 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg