The Commission presents a Staff Working Document reporting on the recovery of export refunds for live animals in 2009. In their joint declaration of 22 November 2001 on the recovery of export refunds for beef and veal, the Parliament and Council requested the Commission to submit an annual report to the budgetary authority. The report highlighted the implementation of and compliance with EU legislation, on the recovery of refunds in the event of a failure to comply with Commission Regulation (EC) No 615/98 laying down specific detailed rules of application for the export refund arrangements as regards the welfare of live bovine animals during transport. Parliament and the Council issued another joint declaration along the same lines on 25 November 2002.
Since then the Commission submitted summary annual reports to the Council and the European Parliament which are based on the annual reports submitted by the Member States.
The report notes that the total amount of export refunds paid on live bovine animals in the EU in 2009 amounted to 10 156 599.