Amen­dement Hazekamp: handel in zeehon­den­pro­ducten (7)

Janusz Wojciechowski
Trade in seal products

Proposal for a regulation
COM(2015)0045 - C8-0037/2015 – 2015/0028(COD)

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Amendment 7
Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission

(b) the hunt contributes to the subsistence of the community and is not conducted primarily for commercial reasons;

Amendment

deleted

Justification

There should be no exception to the EU seal regime; the prohibition should apply to all natural and legal persons equally. This makes the legislation WTO-compliant and represents the animal welfare concerns in the best possible way.