51996PC0599

Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 91/629/EEC concerning the protection of calves (1) (97/C 95/01) COM(96) 599 final - 96/0029(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 22 November 1996)

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 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:

'3a. Any individual pens for calves (except those for the isolation of sick animals) must not have solid walls, but must have perforated sides which allow direct visual and tactile contact between the calves.`

(1) OJ No L 85, 22. 3. 1996, p. 19.