Protection of animals kept for farming purposes

(DEBATISSE and SIMMONDS reports - Docs. A3-342 and 339/92) Parliament adopted two reports on animal welfare. In the first, on animal identification and registration, Parliament called for animal welfare to take precedence in relation to the marking method. Therefore, identification methods that increased the risk of mutilation, illness or suffering of animals should be excluded. In adopting the report by Mr Richard SIMMONDS (EPP, UK) on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, Parliament called for a series of measures to be implemented to ensure their welfare and stated, in particular, that animals should not be continuously or regularly tethered or confined. They should be provided with food that did not contain any substances that could cause suffering or injury. Parliament called on the Commission to inform it every two years of the results of the inspections carried out. �