Press Release: Improving animal welfare: EU Action Plan adopted

The European Commission on 23 January 2006 adopted a new Action Plan on the protection and welfare of animals. The Action Plan outlined concrete measures to improve the protection and welfare of animals over the next five years. It aims to ensure that animal welfare would be addressed in the most effective manner possible, in all EU sectors and through EU relations with Third countries. Detailed background on each of the five areas of action was outlined in the Action Plan, in the accompanying impact assessment and Commission working document, along with an indicative timetable for the planned initiatives.

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European Commission: MEMO/06/21, Questions and Answers on the Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals, 23.1.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/21&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

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