Regulation 1007/2009 on Trade in Seal
Products, 2009 (As amended by Regulation
(EU) 2015/1775 of 2015)
The European Parliament and the council of the European Union
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in
particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty,
Whereas:
(1) Seals are sentient beings that can experience pain, distress, fear and other
forms of suffering. In its declaration on banning seal products in the European
Union, the European Parliament requested the Commission immediately to
draft a regulation to ban the import, export and sale of all harp and hooded seal
products. In its resolution of 12 October 2006 on a Community Action Plan
on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006–2010, the European Parliament called on the Commission to propose a total import ban on seal products.
In its Recommendation 1776 (2006) of 17 November 2006 on seal hunting,
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommended inviting
the Member States of the Council of Europe practising seal hunting to ban all
cruel hunting methods which do not guarantee the instantaneous death,
without suffering, of the animals, to prohibit the stunning of animals with
instruments such as hakapiks, bludgeons and guns, and to promote initiatives
aimed at prohibiting trade in seal products.
(2) The import into Member States for commercial purposes of skins of harp
seal pups and hooded seal pups and products derived therefrom is prohibited
under Council Directive 83/129/EEC of 28 March 1983 concerning the
importation into Member States of skins of certain seal pups and products
derived therefrom
(3) Seals are hunted within and outside the Community and used for obtaining
products and articles, such as meat, oil, blubber, organs, fur skins and
articles made therefrom, which include products as diverse as Omega-3
capsules and garments incorporating processed seal skins and fur. Those
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Products, 2009 (As amended by Regulation
(EU) 2015/1775 of 2015)
The European Parliament and the council of the European Union
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in
particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty,
Whereas:
(1) Seals are sentient beings that can experience pain, distress, fear and other
forms of suffering. In its declaration on banning seal products in the European
Union, the European Parliament requested the Commission immediately to
draft a regulation to ban the import, export and sale of all harp and hooded seal
products. In its resolution of 12 October 2006 on a Community Action Plan
on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006–2010, the European Parliament called on the Commission to propose a total import ban on seal products.
In its Recommendation 1776 (2006) of 17 November 2006 on seal hunting,
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommended inviting
the Member States of the Council of Europe practising seal hunting to ban all
cruel hunting methods which do not guarantee the instantaneous death,
without suffering, of the animals, to prohibit the stunning of animals with
instruments such as hakapiks, bludgeons and guns, and to promote initiatives
aimed at prohibiting trade in seal products.
(2) The import into Member States for commercial purposes of skins of harp
seal pups and hooded seal pups and products derived therefrom is prohibited
under Council Directive 83/129/EEC of 28 March 1983 concerning the
importation into Member States of skins of certain seal pups and products
derived therefrom
(3) Seals are hunted within and outside the Community and used for obtaining
products and articles, such as meat, oil, blubber, organs, fur skins and
articles made therefrom, which include products as diverse as Omega-3
capsules and garments incorporating processed seal skins and fur. Those
# Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
N. Sellheim, International Marine Mammal Law,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35268-4
211