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European Institute for Animal Law & Policy

The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy is a nonprofit think tank which provides expertise (research, public affairs consulting services, training and monitoring services) in animal law, EU law, and EU public affairs.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Sustainable food system – setting up an EU framework

26 Oct 2021

Animal Law Europe argues that the justifications for the enactment of a Food Sustainability Framework Law should be better substantiated. Animal Law Europe further encourages the European Commission to undertake a revision of all existing laws and regulations pertaining to the production and placing of food products on the common market, especially regulations and implementing regulations pertaining to agriculture, fisheries, and consumer protection. Additionally, Animal Law Europe respectfully asks the European Commission to provide better quality documents to public consultations and reminds the European Commission of its obligations to provide citizens and civil society representatives with understandable documents. It is Animal Law Europe’s opinion that the Inception Impact Assessment document submitted for feedback was lacking in substance and quality to the extent of impeding the due public consultation process as guaranteed under the EU Better Regulation agenda.
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Response to Animal welfare labelling for food

24 Aug 2021

Please find information in the attached document pertaining to the possible impacts Animal Law Europe has identified as potential results of the different options for revision presented by the Commission. In this submission, Animal Law Europe argues for the necessity to significantly raise the level of obligations of animal handlers under EU law, as mandated under Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. EU farm animal welfare legislation is so accommodating of industrial farm animal production that common industry practices in the EU only differ marginally from other jurisdictions, such as the U.S. Yet, EU laws, and primarily EU animal welfare legislation, have provided the ideal ecosystem for the development of factory farming in Europe, and with it, a myriad of externalities onto the environment, workers, consumers, and animals. The revision of EU animal welfare legislation is therefore one first step in the right direction towards a more sustainable, but also more humane, food model. It is also an important step towards aligning EU law with the EU’s constitutional mandate to “pay full regards to the welfare requirements of animals,” as none of the acts forming EU animal welfare legislation have been revised since the enactment of the new constitutional treaty – twelve years ago.
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Response to Review of the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme - EU aid

27 Jul 2021

in the attached document, Animal Law Europe brings to the Commission’s attention the possible impacts of the different options the Commission considers for measures concerning milk under the EU School Scheme: ➢ Extension of the age brackets of children targeted by the EU School Scheme ➢ Extension of the scope of the type of products eligible to the EU School Scheme ➢ The implementation of educational measures related to the consumption of milk In this submission, Animal Law Europe insists on the necessity to assess the detrimental economic, environmental, social impacts, as well as the potential deleterious impacts on people’s fundamental rights caused by the promotion of dairy products to a young public in schools.  Thank you for your time and consideration, Alice DC
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