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Animal welfare: new governance in France and european projects
The General States of 2010 were aimed at reforming the Health governance in Agriculture in France.
One of the aims was, in particular to give a better definition of the notion of âhealth veterinarianâ
(habilitated or mandated). Since these, a new organization was set up. It affects in particular the settlement
of new consultative committees for animal protection at the national level as well as at the
regional level. In addition a project of a single âWelfare Lawâ is being setting up by the European
institutions in the context of the other laws: Food Law and Health Law. This follows the New 2012-
2015 Animal Welfare Strategy of the European commission. This strategy would modernize and simplify
the old European texts and would be inspired by the HACCP system. This new paradigm would
give more responsibilities to operators. It would be based on auto controls which results would be
checked at the end by official veterinarians in all Member states of the UnionDepuis les Ătats gĂ©nĂ©raux du sanitaire de 2010, destinĂ©s Ă rĂ©former la gouvernance sanitaire en France
et en particulier à mieux redéfinir les missions du vétérinaire sanitaire (habilité ou mandaté), une nouvelle
organisation sâest mise en place concernant notamment la construction et la consultation de comitĂ©s
dédiés à la protection animale au niveau national et régional. Cette nouvelle organisation est explicitée
dans cet article. Par ailleurs, dans le contexte général de la mise en place de « Paquets cadres »
par lâUnion EuropĂ©enne comme le Paquet HygiĂšne ou le Paquet SantĂ© « Health Law », est prĂ©vue, pour
faire suite au Plan dâaction 2012-2015 de la Commission europĂ©enne, une « Welfare Law ». Le but de
ce projet, affiché par les instances communautaires, est de moderniser et simplifier les textes communautaires
actuels concernant la protection des animaux. Pour ce faire, la Commission se base, comme
dans les autres « Law » dâune obligation de rĂ©sultats primant sur lâobligation et le contrĂŽle des moyens,
systÚme inspiré des pratiques « HACCP ». Ce systÚme octroie plus de responsabilités aux opérateurs
ou professionnels. Il prévoit, entre autres, des autocontrÎles dont les résultats seront à postériori contrÎlés
par les vétérinaires officiels (en France : inspecteurs de santé publique vétérinaires
Copernicus Sentinel-2 Calibration and Products Validation Status
As part of the Copernicus programme of the European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed and is currently operating the Sentinel-2 mission that is acquiring high spatial resolution optical imagery. This article provides a description of the calibration activities and the status of the mission products validation activities after one year in orbit. Measured performances, from the validation activities, cover both Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) and Bottom-Of-Atmosphere (BOA) products. The presented results show the good quality of the mission products both in terms of radiometry and geometry and provide an overview on next mission steps related to data quality aspect