SIMMONDS (PPE), ordfører. - (EN) Hr. formand, min betænkning og denne forhandling blev fremskyndet som følge af kommissionsformanden Jacques Delors forslag i Edinburgh, om at dyrevelfærdsanliggender skulle falde ind under nærhedsprincippet.
SIMMONDS (PPE), rapporteur. - Mr President, my report and this debate were precipitated by the suggestion by the President of the Commission, Mr Delors, at Edinburgh that animal welfare matters should be subject to the principle of subsidiarity.