# Decision (EU) 2020/1089 of the European Parliament of 19 June 2020 on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the protection of animals during transport within and outside the Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office, Introduction: Introductory text

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Decision (EU) 2020/1089 of the European Parliament
of 19 June 2020
on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the protection of animals during transport within and outside the Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
having regard to the request presented by 183 Members for a committee of inquiry to be set up to look into alleged violations in the application of Union law governing live animal transport both within and outside the Union,
having regard to the proposal from the Conference of Presidents,
having regard to Article 226 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
having regard to Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament’s right of inquiry,
having regard to Article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union,
having regard to Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union,
having regard to Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
having regard to Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97,
having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of 23 April 2015 in Case C-424/13,
having regard to Rule 208 of its Rules of Procedure,

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