Protection of animals during transport and related operations
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: In committee: AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) is preparing the report (draft published 3 March 2025).
- ✓ Referred to committee 26 February 2024
- 2 Committee work AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) preparing the report
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote
- 5 Negotiations with the Council
- 6 Published as law
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development
- Rapporteurs
- Tilly METZ Verts/ALEDaniel BUDA PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Borja GIMÉNEZ LARRAZ PPEMarianne VIND S&DAnnamária VICSEK PfEAdrian-George AXINIA ECRBenoit CASSART RenewArash SAEIDI The LeftStanislav STOYANOV ESNMaria NOICHL S&DValérie DELOGE PfEEmmanouil FRAGKOS ECRAsger CHRISTENSEN RenewThomas WAITZ Verts/ALEAnja HAZEKAMP The LeftIvan DAVID ESN
- For opinion
- PECH — Fisheries · rapporteur Isabella LÖVIN Verts/ALE
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
Timeline
- Committee stage
- 15 April – 16 April 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (8 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 3 March 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 29 January 2025 Draft opinion from PECH (Fisheries)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 26 February 2024 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; PECH (Fisheries) gives an opinion.