20/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - Denmark and Sweden in favour of new rules on protection of animals in transit. At the Agriculture Council on 19 May, the Danish and Swedish delegations, supported by the Austrian and Dutch delegations, called on the European Commission to state when it plans to propose a revision of the regulation on animal transport and the legislation on animal welfare. Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany and the Czech Republic supported these countries. Whilst it does not rule out a...