Germany only supports the transport of animals to third countries if they meet EU standards.

The German Federal Council (Bundesrat) approved on September 26, by majority, a resolution to increase the level of protection for livestock during their transport to countries outside the European Union. The chamber of the federal states has urged the federal government to push for the necessary changes in community regulations in Brussels to guarantee greater animal welfare guarantees. The initiative came from North Rhine-Westphalia and calls for live animal exports to third countries to be authorized only if the destination countries guarantee to the European Commission compliance with the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). The federal states have also requested that the Commission be empowered to suspend exports to those countries where ...