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Transport of pigs from Spain to Italy, 23. - 25.01.2006 III. OTHER ITEMS It is a well known fact that fines for violations of animal welfare during transport legislation issued in Italy against foreign transport companies are not paid in almost all cases. The fact that the transport company was fined with 3.098 Euros is therefore no incentive for the transport company to carry out legal transports in the future. IV. WITHDRAWEL OF THE TRANSPORTER’S LICENSE Animals’ Angels has documented several transports carried out by the Spanish transport company Intertrans Montalban, which were in breach of existing legislation. Several lawsuits have been filed against the company in Spain and Italy. The most alarming incident was a transport of cattle and horses loaded on double deck in November 2004, during which 13 animals died. Therefore in July 2005 an Animals’ Angels team talked Dr. Eduardo Torres, the chief veterinary officer of Catalonia (Spain), the region where the transport company Intertrans Montalban is registered. “Theoretically” he should be in the position to suspend or withdraw the transporter’s license. This official stated, however, that there is no legal means to withdraw the license of a Spanish transporter due to the fact that Spain did not transpose the relevant parts of the EU directive on the protection of animals during transport. He claims to have tried to have the license withdrawn, but did not succeed as according to the lawyers of the regional ministry of Catalonia the relevant provisions of the European Directive 91/628/EEC are not directly applicable in Spain. To our knowledge there is still no national Spanish legislation in force, which allows withdrawing or suspending a transporter’s license. Animals’ Angels therefore encourages the competent authority in Italy to temporarily prohibit the company Intertrans Montalban from transporting animals on Italian territory. This measure is provided in Art. 14-bis, paragraph 4 of Decreto Legislativo 532/1992 as amended by Decreto Legislativo 388/1998 (implementation of the European Council Directive 91/628/EEC as amended by Council Directive 95/29/EC on the protection of animals during transport). We consider the fact that the company in the present case ignored the order given by Italian police during the first control to be highly alarming. It proves how little the company Intertrans Montalban respects instructions imposed by competent authorities. Footage taken: yes Christine Hafner Animals’ Angels ________________________________________________________________________ Place and date of report: Freiburg, 04.03.2006 © Copyright Animals’ Angels e.V. :::::: 8
Transport of horses from Spain to Italy Jan. 2006 TRANSPORT OF HORSES FROM SPAIN TO ITALY Transport company: RAWD srl. (Italy) 26.01.2006 Date & time of first contact with the lorry: 26.01.2006 / 17:30 o’clock Place of first contact with lorry: Spain, motorway A 2, between Zaragoza and Barcelona (175 km to Barcelona) Distance between place of departure and destination is: 2.642 km 1 I. FACTS / INFORMATION RECEIVED 1. Dates of Transport Company / lorry / driver(s) Name of transport company: RAWD SRL Address: Via Cadutin 11, 25030 Berlingo, Italy Name of Drivers: 2 Croatian drivers License plates: CY-070-CX/ AB - 29450 Description of the lorry: white cab, grey lorry and trailer 2. Information from the driver This time he loaded all the horses at the same place. Usually he has to load at 2-4 different places and accordingly the horses loaded at the first place are already for hours on the lorry before the transport actually starts. 3. Information taken from the documents 3.1. Information taken from the Intracommunity Certificate: Number of health certificate: INTRA.ES.2006.0001661 Local ref.nb: 06/003 Local competent authority: 113908 Segovia Number of animals: 32 horses for slaughter Exporter/ Sender: Suministros Agricolos y Ganaderos Agricar S.L., 28224 Pozeulo de Alarcon, Spain Importer: 2335 Martinese Carni SRL, 73056 Contrada Santi Lasi, Italy Place of origin: Ganaderia Hermanos Redondo SL (Nb. of authorisation: ES-40031018), Bernuy de Porreros, Spain Place of departure: 40190 Bernuy de Porreros, Spain Date and time of departure: 26.01.06, 9.00 h Destination: 2335 Martinese Carni SRL, 73056 Contrada Santi Lasi, Italy Estimated time of journey: 28 hours Veterinary service, which issued the documents: Sección Agraria Comarcal de Segovia, Junta Castilla y León Name of veterinarian: not legible 1 Acc. to „ADAC Routenplaner“, edition 2005, 2006 Place and date of report: Freiburg, 01.03.2006 © Copyright Animals’ Angels e.V. 9
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