Effectiveness of EU Laws Many of those campaigning against the
live export of horses in Poland assume that entry to the EU will
require far higher standards of control and inspection of the
transport of animals. Viva!s research shows that this will not
be the case and that the EUs Transport Directive is little more
than a cynical device which allows a largely uncontrolled trade
to continue without regulation, inspection or sanctions. In
1991, the European Directive 91/629 was introduced and allowed
animals to be transported for 24 hours without food and water
breaks. It was poorly drafted and details of rest breaks were
unclear. The result, in effect, was that animals could be
transported for unlimited time periods over unlimited In 1995,
the Directive was amended by Directive 95/29/EC, which
introduced two different sets of regulations, depending on the
standard of vehicles used for the trade and the age and species
of the animals being transported. The original proposal to
include mandatory forced ventilati