Vertaling van "Monitor animals’ physical condition and behaviour " (Engels → Nederlands) :

13. Is convinced that only an integrated approach involving all aspects of road safety, namely all road users and all users and purchasers of transport services and especially the driver (physical condition, training, behaviour), the vehicle (its equipment, safety regulations, maintenance) and the infrastructure (condition and maintenance of road networks, the intensity of road use, road building, signs) – together with incentives to make greater use of public transport – and effective legislation in the Member States, can lead to significant and lasting results;

12. Is convinced that only an integrated system approach involving all domains of road safety, namely all road users and all users and purchasers of transport services and especially the driver (physical condition, training, (behaviour), the vehicle (its equipment, safety regulations, maintenance) and the infrastructure (condition and maintenance of road networks, the intensity of road use, road building, signs) – together with incentives to make greater use of public transport – and effective legislation in the Member States, can lead to significant and lasting results;

to improve entrepreneurship, and in particular the innovative capacity of the agricultural cluster; to enable farmers to better meet social demands in terms of the environment, water management, food quality, animal health and animal welfare ; to improve the physical conditions under which farming has to operate; to improve the quality of products and production processes, in particular by strengthening the production chain;

It also defines general and specific criteria concerning the housing of animals, restrictions on their freedom of movement, the close monitoring of their physical condition, measures to prevent pain and undue suffering and the timely elimination of any physical defect or suffering.

The draft decision will require the Member States to carry out an annual monitoring programmes on a targetted sample of animals, with a particular focus on animals which die on farms, sick animals slaughtered as emergencies and animals displaying behavioural or neurological signs.

cardiovascular disease – heart diseases, stroke and other atherosclerotic vascular diseases - is the largest cause of death of men and women in the European Union, the European Union is experiencing declining rates of mortality from cardiovascular disease but increasing numbers of men and women are living with cardiovascular disease, the majority of cardiovascular disease is preventable, predominantly through lifestyle changes as well as through appropriate use of medicines, strategies to promote cardiovascular health need to address the whole population and those at high risk of or living with cardiovascular disease, population strategies need to address health determinants including lifestyles, risk factors, and social and ...[+++]physical environments to support health, unhealthy lifestyles, particularly tobacco consumption, as well as unhealthy diet and physical inactivity amongst European citizens are risk factors to be addressed in the development of national and European Union policy, heart health promotion and preventive strategies are cost-effective investments with measurable health, social and economic benefits, Member States should consider the development and implementation of guidelines for those at high risk or living with cardiovascular disease, comparable data is needed across the European Union to monitor cardiovascular disease mortality, morbidity and relevant health behaviours and risk factors, evidence-based information on the promotion of cardiovascular health is already very strong, but more research is needed in Europe.