Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002618/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Lynn Boylan (The Left)
In June 2022, the Commission undertook an audit of Ireland related to the protection of unweaned calves on long journeys[1].
In its recommendations, the audit report states:
‘The [Irish] competent authorities are requested to provide, within 25 working days of receipt of the report, details of the actions taken and planned, including deadlines for their completion (“action plan”), aimed at addressing the recommendations’ set out in the audit, including in relation to ensuring ‘that unweaned calves are fed on roll-on roll-off vessels in compliance with the maximum feeding intervals, as required by Point 1.4(a) of Chapter V of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005’.
- 1.Have the Irish competent authorities provided an action plan to implement the recommendation on feeding calves during transit, and if so, what progress has been made to ensure compliance with the Regulation?
- 2.If Ireland has not provided an action plan, what steps is the Commission taking in respect of this failure?
- 3.In the case of continued non-compliance, what steps will the Commission take in respect of Ireland’s failure to ensure that unweaned calves are exported in accordance with the feeding requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005?
Submitted: 30.6.2025
- [1] https://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit-report/details/4700.