ANUU Migrators on the issue of capturing live decoys for use inhunting activity, a step towards clarity.
With the definitive approval in the Senate of the Ddl n. 1962, laying down provisions for the fulfillment of the obligations deriving from Italy's membership of the European Union - European law 2014, the Parliament established that the capture of live calls to be used in stalking to migratory hunting can only take place by means or methods not prohibited by Directive 2009/147 / EU which, therefore, do not involve the risk of mass and non-selective catches such as mist-net nets, which have already been used for years. This is the thought of the ANUUMigratoristi who joins the Italian hunting world as always expressed for a necessary operation of regulatory clarity. "The Birds Directive - as explained by the senators PD Massimo Caleo and Stefano Vaccari, respectively Parent Company and Secretary in the Environment Commission of the Senate - establishes that birds can be collected in small quantities, selectively and not massively, through the use of certain nets, such as for example those used for ornithological investigation activities (in use by ISPRA) which allow the capture but also the immediate release of prohibited species. With our agenda we therefore ask the Government to clarify the interpretation of the term 'plants' inserted in European law. The plants managed on regional authorization, in fact, especially those with vertical networks, represent typical and traditional elements in many regions, managed with professionalism and competence and do not involve the risk of mass killings, just as provided for by art. 8 of the Directive ". Precisely because, we add, the use of live calls has never been prohibited either by the Birds Directive or by the substantial jurisprudence produced over the years by the Court of Justice of Luxembourg (see for all C. 182/02 p. 11 referred to by the same Interpretative Guide of the EU Commission - 2008).
The Government, therefore, is now committed, pursuant to the aforementioned agenda (presented by Sen. Caleo, Marinello, Vaccari, Luciano Rossi and Cardinals), to "evaluate the possibility of introducing the appropriate regulatory changes, compatible with the law of the European Union, aimed at defining the interpretative scope of the expression "plants" provided for in art. 21 of the bill in question ". Regulatory changes therefore possible, but not necessary for the activation of the plants themselves and, therefore, for the execution of the catches. This agenda was accepted by the Government, approved on 15/07/2015 by the “European Union Policies” Commission and, therefore, voted in its entirety by the Senate on the following 23 July.
It is also important to stimulate awareness of the importance of capture plants, beyond their current function, also as characteristic and qualifying elements from an architectural and landscape point of view, real "green monuments" which testify, in the history and environmental conservation in some Italian regions, the importance of the presence of traditional activities and cultures for the protection of the landscape that it would be reckless and criminal to disperse. It is in fact also and above all in the face of the EU, whose requests and requests regarding hunting in Italy often appear clearly vitiated by preconceptions and partiality, that the national hunting world must be univocal, decisive and prepared in supporting our institutions when they demonstrate their willingness to provide in a reasonable and free from prejudice manner.
The ANUUMigrators joins the request of those who ask the Government, therefore, for a clear interpretation in the sense indicated by the agenda of the Senate, also to recover the univocal address that was expressed by Parliament a year ago when the Government itself the delegation was given to write a decree for the benefit of the Regions, to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings on the problems of the sector.
We sincerely hope that the Regions affected by the presence of the catching plants must continue to take action to protect the legitimate interests of the citizen-hunters, for whom, it should be remembered, the public service for the capture of live decoys remains undoubtedly available to this day. from art. 19-bis of law no. 157/92.
(31 July 2015)
ANUU Migrators