According to the news item from Eurogroup for Animals: Commissioner Kyriakides welcomes new ‘Illegal Pet Trade: Game Over Report’ ; the top recommendations for the European Commission include:
- to issue a delegated act on mandatory identification and registration of dogs and cats under the Animal Health Law;
- to educate consumers on risks related to pet trade fraud e.g. via Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency;
- the digital Services Act to set up clear rules on the responsibilities of online platforms to fight and remove illegal goods and content, including illegal pet ads. It should increase their responsibility to verify pet sellers via backend checks;
- to fund the enforcement projects under the European Regional Development Fund and Internal Security Fund.
The full report “Illegal Pet Trade: Game Over” was published and it is available here:.
Click here -- Report_Illegal Pet Trade_ Game Over_2020.pdf
Contents
5 Preface
7 Acknowledgements
9 Introduction
10 The pet trade as we know it
12 Chapter 1
Pets and Traceability
18 Chapter 2
Pets and Consumers
22 Chapter 3
Pets and online platforms
28 Chapter 4
Organised crime and tax evasion
32 Summary and next steps
33 References
News item from Eurogroup for Animals:
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