About the group
Established in 2024, within the EU Platform on Animal Welfare, the new sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators will help the Commission to identify meaningful indicators in line with EU animal welfare policy objectives and the corresponding methodology to collect, consolidate and interpret them for policy purposes.
The subgroup will work on policy indicators for the keeping of the main farmed species (cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, poultry, rabbits and fish) and regarding the most critical husbandry systems and practices affecting their welfare through nutrition and diet, housing, health or behavioral needs. The mandate does not cover the transport or the killing of animals.
The composition of the working group is available in the Register of the Commission expert groups.
Meetings 2025
10 November – Eleventh meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
20 October – Tenth meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
18 September – Ninth meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
17 June – Eighth meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
20 May – Seventh meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
22 April – Sixth meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
20 March – Fifth meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
24 February – Fourth meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators
15 January – Third meeting of the sub-group on animal welfare policy indicators