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The agricultural policy priorities of the Presidency will include the new animal health law.

The Commission considers that there is currently no need for revising the legal provisions on the protection of animals during transport and favour instead the harmonisation of the implementation of these provisions in the member states and their enforcement.

South Australia will be among the first states to implement new national regulations for transporting livestock.

At meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, ministers adopted conclusions on the protection and welfare of animals.

Nine MEPs handed over a petition to John Dalli (8hours.eu) signed by 1.1 million people.

Cutting transport time to eight hours must be supplemented by other measures, such as support for local slaughterhouses and meat processing plants...

This investment will help the AFAC develop a certification program that will lead to training for livestock and poultry transporters throughout Canada.

More than one million people have signed an online petition to improve the welfare of animals transported to slaughter across Europe.

The eAML2 electronic pig movement system becomes compulsory at the beginning of April in England and Wales.

The Council was briefed by the Commission on a report on the impact of regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport (16798/11). Several delegations welcomed the report, saying that they would look forward to the follow-up to this report.

The protection of animals during transport has improved but the report also highlights a series of problems hampering further improvement in the transport conditions of these animals.

While there have been certain improvements in getting better compliance in the pig sector, in particular regarding manipulable material, overstocking, and care for sick animals and concerning enforcement, have not been fully addressed and require action. As a result of the lack of mortality and medicine records, the CA cannot adequately verify the care of sick animals.

As of July 1 the Dutch government will only recognize the QLL quality system (Quality system Livestock Logistics) for transport and centers for animal collection, meaning that the use of all other certification systems will be abandoned.

Mexico will cut in half retaliatory duties on more than $2 billion of U.S. farm and industrial goods this week after signing a deal with Washington on Wednesday to allow Mexican truckers onto American roads.

The Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Wagner Rossi, has signed a new regulation that defines the criteria of the Animal Transport Guide (ATG) in an electronic format. The new e-ATG has been adopted for live animals, ovules, and other reproduction materials throughout the country.

President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have reached an agreement to resolve the dispute over cross-border trucking. Mexico had instituted tariffs in retaliation for the United States not complying with the trucking provision of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The provision was supposed to become effective in December 1995.