EU FINANCIAL WATCHDOG WILL ASSESS IF EUROPEAN ANIMAL WELFARE POLICY IS EFFECTIVE
January 1st, 2018
A DETAILED review of whether the European Union’s (EU) comprehensive animal welfare efforts are proving effective is to be staged by the EU’s financial watchdog, the Court of Auditors, this year.
The court has announced it will be sending experts to Romania, Poland, France, Italy and Germany, as part of its policy audit, with a report expected to be released by December (2018).
It is “examining whether action by the European Commission and the [EU] member states has made an effective contribution to achieving the EU's animal welfare objectives,” said a ...
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