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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/419 of 10 February 2026 on the request for registration, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of the European citizens’ initiative entitled EU initiative to protect stray dogs, stray cats and animals in shelters in the EU/non-EU countries (notified under document C(2026) 958)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/419 of 10 February 2026 on the request for registration, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of the European citizens’ initiative entitled EU initiative to protect stray dogs, stray cats and animals in shelters in the EU/non-EU countries (notified under document C(2026) 958)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/419 · Decision · 2 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

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1.   The European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘EU initiative to protect stray dogs, stray cats and animals in shelters in the EU/non-EU countries’ shall be partially registered. 2.   Statements of support for that initiative may be collected to the extent that it aims at proposals from the Commission for legal acts of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties: (a) concerning animal shelters housing cats or dogs, insofar as shelters participate in the Union market for cats and dogs; (b) concerning the use of animals for scientific purposes, including stray and shelter animals; (c) adding clauses to international trade or association agreements according to which the benefits of such arrangements would be made conditional upon compliance with minimum standards for the protection of stray cats and stray dogs; (d) making the benefit of EU funds conditional upon compliance with minimum standards for the protection of stray cats and stray dogs.

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This Decision is addressed to the group of organisers of the citizens’ initiative entitled ‘EU initiative to protect stray dogs, stray cats and animals in shelters in the EU/non-EU countries’, represented by Gisela URBAN and Hans-Erich Rainer GAERTNER acting as contact persons.

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