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A group of over 40 animal protection organisations, congress people, and animal welfare specialists sent joint letters to the European Parliament, Council and Commission, and to the Brazilian Government this week, requesting the inclusion of animal welfare clauses in the additional protocol of the EU-Mercosur FTA.

Brazilian CSOs urge the EU and Brazil to include animal welfare conditions in the EU-Mercosur Agreement

As negotiations for a trade agreement between the EU and Australia enter the final stage, Eurogroup For Animals urges both sides to seek ambitious measures on animal welfare.

Animal welfare ambition needed in EU-Australia agreement

A broad coalition of civil society organisations both from South America and Europe reiterates its call to stop the EU-Mercosur deal and rejects efforts to “greenwash” it. They call on the EU and Mercosur to engage in a new relationship based on cooperation, solidarity, equality, democracy and sustainability.

170+ civil society organisations demand just alternative to toxic EU-Mercosur deal

Documents shared by the press and civil society organisations have revealed that the EU-Mercosur deal’s proposed annex, supposedly intended to address the sustainability related issues of the free trade agreement (FTA), is merely an interpretative protocol confirming the weak sustainability commitments of the FTA.

Leaked annex to the EU-Mercosur deal confirms weak sustainability goals

As Europe’s trade ministers gather on 9 March for an informal trade Council, environmental, animal protection and trade groups denounce the Commission’s closed-door negotiations with Mercosur countries that aim to push through a controversial Free Trade Agreement (FTA), that has been the subject of public outrage and been rejected by national parliaments across the EU.

Civil society denounces opacity and lack of democratic debate on EU-Mercosur agreement

For the first time in over a decade, on the legislative side things are moving forward for animals in Europe, as the European Commission is working on the much needed revision of its animal welfare legislation.

Winning the race to the top: ensuring (new) EU animal welfare rules apply to imported products

31 January 2023

The modernised EU-Chile deal grants further market access to Chilean animal products, particularly poultry, without any animal welfare condition.

Modernised EU-Chile trade deal disappointing for animal welfare

15 December 2022

On 5 December, the European Parliament and the Council reached a deal on the European Commission’s proposal on deforestation-free products. The new law will require companies to trace their commodities back along the supply chain to prove that a forest was not recently cleared to produce it, or face fines. Eurogroup for Animals welcomes the future regulation as it will condition imports of beef and leather to deforestation-free standards, but regrets the exclusion of other animal products that contribute to deforestation, as well as the exclusion of other natural ecosystems beyond forests that are destroyed by EU-driven deforestation.

EU to ban certain animal products that contribute to deforestation from the EU market

6 December 2022

Eurogroup for Animals, along with a coalition of 209 Civil Society Organisations from the EU and Latin America, calls on Member States to uphold the EU’s democratic values and to refuse the splitting of Association Agreements with Latin American partners in order to accelerate the ratification of their trade part.

European Commission slammed for anti democratic push in EU-Mercosur trade agreement

28 November 2022

Eurogroup for Animals together with a coalition of more than 150 CSOs call on the EU to ensure the swift adoption of a strong and ambitious EU regulation on deforestation-free products.

150 Civil Society Organisations call on the EU adopt a strong EU regulation on deforestation-free products

18 October 2022

The European Commission’s report on the implementation and enforcement of EU trade policy confirms Eurogroup for Animals’ concern that free trade agreements (FTAs) fall short on animal welfare.

FTA implementation falls short on animal welfare

13 October 2022

On 13 September, the European Parliament adopted its position on the European Commission’s proposal on deforestation-free products. Eurogroup for Animals welcomes the inclusion of more animal products in the scope of the legislation, but regrets the exclusion of dairy and farmed fish production industries, as well as all other natural ecosystems destroyed by EU-driven deforestation.

European Parliament calls for a more ambitious legislation on imported deforestation

14 September 2022

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