Press Release: The EU institutions provisionally agree on animal health measures

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a provisional agreement on the outstanding issues concerning the proposal for a regulation on animal health law at an informal trilogue meeting on 01 June 2015.

The regulation was expected to be formally adopted before the end of 2015, after the final procedures including the legal-linguistic revision of the text, were completed. It was set to become applicable 5 years after its entry into force.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: STATEMENT/15/5091, 01.06.15: Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis welcomes the political agreement on animal health http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-5091_en.htm

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 01.06.15: Transmissible animal diseases: MEPs and ministers strike informal deal http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150601IPR61240/

ESO: Background information: A draft new animal health law for the EU. Some basics http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-draft-new-animal-health-law-for-the-eu-some-basics/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 02.06.15: Animal health: 'The principle is the same whether you are taking care of a dog, a cat or 3,000 pigs' http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150602STO61707/

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