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Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability

2023/0447(COD)·10th term·AGRI / ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

Subjects: Animal protection

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VRECIONOVÁ Veronika (ECR)

Summary

This file concerns the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability, handled under the ordinary legislative procedure in which Parliament and the Council of the EU legislate jointly to produce binding EU law. It was examined by the Agriculture and Rural Development committee together with Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, in the area of animal protection. The tabled amendments address traceability of dogs and cats to prevent illegal trade and trafficking, identification and registration in official databases, welfare rules and thresholds for breeding establishments, selling establishments, shelters and foster homes, veterinary visits, staff competencies, restrictions on antibiotic use, and neutering. It shares this subject with related files including 'Protection of animals during transport'.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
10 Feb 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
19 Jun 2025 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Adopted
28 Apr 2026 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 317
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

1,105

Amendments

distinct, in window

55

Members

tabled at least one

2

Committee(s)

10 Feb 2025 – 11 Feb 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

23 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

Group			Shift
EPP	For98%	For88%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For98%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Abstained81%	For66%	Abstained → For
The Left	For97%	For98%	consistent
Patriots	For73%	For81%	consistent
ESN	Abstained70%	Abstained70%	consistent
Non-attached	For71%	For79%	consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

Show the 20 earlier votes
1. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 24 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 24/2 · what was voted ↗
  419 for97 against54 abstentions149 did not vote
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2. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 55 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 55/2 · what was voted ↗
  385 for146 against44 abstentions144 did not vote
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3. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 251
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 251 · what was voted ↗
  263 for275 against39 abstentions142 did not vote
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4. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 264
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 264 · what was voted ↗
  392 for169 against16 abstentions142 did not vote
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5. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On amendment 281 — point a — article 1 — subparagraph 1
  Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point a - Am 281 · what was voted ↗
  158 for390 against26 abstentions145 did not vote
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6. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 282 — point b — article 1 — subparagraph 1
  Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point b - Am 282= 311= · what was voted ↗
  335 for240 against7 abstentions137 did not vote
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7. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On amendment 283 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 2
  Official label: Article 2, après le § 2 - Am 283 · what was voted ↗
  170 for386 against19 abstentions144 did not vote
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8. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 284 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 2
  Official label: Article 2, après le § 2 - Am 284 · what was voted ↗
  301 for255 against19 abstentions144 did not vote
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9. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 303 — point 5 — article 3 — subparagraph 1
  Official label: Article 3, alinéa 1, point 5 - Am 303 · what was voted ↗
  474 for54 against48 abstentions143 did not vote
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10. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 304 — article 4 — subparagraph 1
  Official label: Article 4, alinéa 1, tiret 1 - Am 304 · what was voted ↗
  389 for129 against47 abstentions154 did not vote
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11. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On amendment 286 — article 4 — subparagraph 1
  Official label: Article 4, après le alinéa 1 - Am 286 · what was voted ↗
  177 for375 against28 abstentions139 did not vote
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12. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 288 — paragraph 2 — article 8
  Official label: Article 8, § 2 - Am 288 · what was voted ↗
  240 for216 against125 abstentions138 did not vote
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13. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 313 (part 1 of a split vote) — text to be inserted after paragraph 1 — article 17
  Official label: Article 17, après le § 1 - Am 313/1 · what was voted ↗
  349 for214 against16 abstentions140 did not vote
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14. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 313 (part 2 of a split vote) — text to be inserted after paragraph 1 — article 17
  Official label: Article 17, après le § 1 - Am 313/2 · what was voted ↗
  337 for217 against19 abstentions146 did not vote
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15. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On amendment 292 — paragraph 4 — article 17 — subparagraph 1
  Official label: Article 17, § 4, alinéa 1 - Am 292 · what was voted ↗
  165 for272 against144 abstentions138 did not vote
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16. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 306 — paragraph 4 — article 21 — subparagraph 2
  Official label: Article 21, § 4, alinéa 2 - Am 306 · what was voted ↗
  448 for97 against34 abstentions140 did not vote
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17. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On amendment 293 (part 1 of a split vote) — paragraph 2 — article 26
  Official label: Article 26, § 2 - Am 293/1 · what was voted ↗
  136 for394 against40 abstentions149 did not vote
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18. 19 Jun 2025Rejected
  On amendment 293 (part 2 of a split vote) — paragraph 2 — article 26
  Official label: Article 26, § 2 - Am 293/2 · what was voted ↗
  215 for322 against38 abstentions144 did not vote
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19. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 279 — text to be inserted after paragraph 1 — article 27
  Official label: Article 27, après le § 1 - Am 279 · what was voted ↗
  338 for219 against20 abstentions142 did not vote
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20. 19 Jun 2025Adopted
  On amendment 278 — recital 24
  Official label: Considérant 24 - Am 278 · what was voted ↗
  326 for232 against24 abstentions137 did not vote
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19 Jun 2025Adopted
On amendment 289 — paragraph 3 — article 12 — subparagraph 1
Official label: Article 12, § 3, après l'alinéa 1 - Am 289 · what was voted ↗
287 for239 against50 abstentions143 did not vote
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19 Jun 2025Main voteAdopted
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
457 for17 against86 abstentions159 did not vote
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28 Apr 2026Main voteAdopted
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 317
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 317 · what was voted ↗
558 for35 against52 abstentions74 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE768.088 ↗PE768.089 ↗PE768.231 ↗PE768.250 ↗

Connections

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Implementation report as regards Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU

8th term · Animal protection

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9th term · Animal protection

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6th term · Animal protection

Evaluation and assessment of the animal welfare action plan 2006-2010

7th term · Animal protection

Protection of animals during transport

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Full record

Members who amended this procedure

55 Members · by amendment count

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Netherlands

Sebastian EVERDING

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany

The Left (GUE/NGL) · France

Renew Europe · Slovakia

Greens / EFA · Luxembourg

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ

European Conservatives & Reformists · Czechia

Annalisa CORRADO

Socialists & Democrats · Italy

European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy

Valentina PALMISANO

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Italy

Catarina MARTINS

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Portugal

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland

Valérie DELOGE

Patriots for Europe · France

Salvatore DE MEO

European People's Party (EPP) · Italy

Jonas SJÖSTEDT

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Sweden

Socialists & Democrats · Germany

Renew Europe · Slovakia

Socialists & Democrats · Italy

Jessika VAN LEEUWEN

European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands

European People's Party (EPP) · Romania

Alexander BERNHUBER

European People's Party (EPP) · Austria

Gilles PENNELLE

Patriots for Europe · France

Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS

Socialists & Democrats · Lithuania

Romana JERKOVIĆ

Socialists & Democrats · Croatia

Raffaele STANCANELLI

Patriots for Europe · Italy

Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL

European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal

The amendments, in full text

1,105 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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