EU Platform on Animal Welfare - 17th meeting

WebEx video conference

Web streaming: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/17th-meeting-of-the-eu-platform-on-animal-welfare-2025-06-3

Monday, 30 June 2025, 09.30 – 17.15 CET, Brussels time
Borschette Building, Room 1D, Rue Froissart 36, B-1040 Brussels

08.30 – 09.30 Welcome coffee and registration of participants

OPENING CHAIR: Bernard Van Goethem, Director, Directorate for Crisis preparedness in food, animals and plants, DG SANTE

09.30 – 09.35 Welcome to participants, presentation and adoption of the agenda
 

09.35 – 09.50 State of play of the modernisation of the EU legislation for on-farm animal welfare, and follow-up to the ECI “Fur Free Europe” 

Legislative Officer, Unit ‘Animal Welfare’, Directorate Crisis preparedness in Food, Animals and Plants, DG SANTE

09.50 – 10.10 Questions and Answers

10.10 – 10.30 Scientific work on phasing out of farrowing crates
Associate Professor, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Group, Scotland's Rural College Chief Scientist, SEGES Innovation, Denmark

10.30 – 10.40 Questions and Answers

10.40 – 10.50 WelFarmers project
Research Officer, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland

10.50 – 11.00 Questions and Answers

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

MORNING SESSION
CHAIR: Bernard Van Goethem, Director, Directorate for Crisis preparedness in food, animals and plants, DG SANTE

11.30 – 13.00 Panel discussion on pigs in the context of the consultations for the modernisation of the EU farm animal welfare legislation

13.00 – 14.15 Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION – FIRST PART
CHAIR: Head of Unit ‘Animal Welfare’, Directorate for Crisis preparedness in food, animals and plants, DG SANTE

14.15 – 15.45 Animal welfare at the global level
Introduction: WOAH and FAO presentation on their respective organizations' work
on animal welfare
Panel discussion

15.45 – 16.15 Coffee Break

AFTERNOON SESSION – SECOND PART
CHAIR: Head of Unit ‘Animal Welfare’, Directorate for Crisis preparedness in food, animals
and plants, DG SANTE

16.15 – 16.25 European Parliament’s legislative work on the Commission legislative proposal on welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability (video message) (tbc) Rapporteur for the proposal on dogs and cats

16.25 – 16.35 Danish Presidency priorities on animal welfare
Chief Veterinary Officer, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU (tbc)

16.35 – 16.45 Questions and Answers

16.45 – 16.55 Study on the genetics of dog and cat breeding and digital solutions for their traceability, study on modalities of animal welfare during transport and
consultation activities
Policy Officer, Unit ‘Animal Welfare’, Directorate Crisis preparedness in Food, Animals and Plants, DG SANTE

16.55 – 17.05 Questions and Answers

17.05 – 17.10 AOB

17.10 – 17.15 Closing of the meeting