Hunting: Birds from live calls and censuses, pending the Government, the Chamber reopens the question.
The European law proposal approved by the Chamber of Deputies intervenes on the question of the means of catching decoys, without taking into account the amendments to 157/92 approved last year. The default is the Government. The bill “Provisions for the fulfillment of the obligations deriving from Italy's membership of the European Union - European law 2014” has already been approved in the Chamber of Deputies, which will now be incardinated in the Senate. Among the various topics dealt with, in environmental matters, in article 19, the Chamber dealt with the modification of the regulations relating to the capture of birds for the purpose of recall, which can only be carried out with means or methods of capture not prohibited by Directive 2009/147 / EU. An issue resolved not even a year ago by Parliament seems to be reopening, entering further into the merits in contrast with what was then approved by Parliament on the matter.
The law of the State in force is that of 11 August 2014, even if still "incomplete" - due to the Government's responsibility - of the envisaged Prime Ministerial Decree. It is the defaulting State: it should have - within six months - regulated and authorized capture means and plants that comply with those used in other European Union countries. The Government has evaded the tasks entrusted to it by Parliament and has not written the conditions for exercising control activities, with particular reference to the selective and occasional capture method, just as it has not harmonized the procedures for setting up specific banks. regional data, as well as to give the criteria for the measured use and the definition of quantities.
At this point the legitimate doubt arises as to who wants the state of "permanent" confusion and contradiction on the competences in this matter, which sees the Government, the Regions, the Italian Parliament and the European Commission as protagonists. Perhaps it is the time and the occasion that in the passage of the "proposal" to the Senate, clarity is finally made on a not secondary aspect both for the hunting practice and for the collection of information and scientific data relating to migratory birds, indicating once for all methods, times and criteria to be applied for a correct and respectful use of the capture systems of the European Directives and Standards. The Senate has the task of writing a law with nothing more or less than what the laws of other countries provide.
Rome, 11 June 2015
Italian Federation of Hunting - Enalcaccia - Arci Caccia - ANUUMigrators