ANIMAL WELFARE

Guarantor
Dr. Vet. Med. Andrea Gavinelli
Head of Unit: Animal Welfare
DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
Andrea.Gavinelli(@ec.europa.eu - Telephone: +32 2 2966426

Andrea is a veterinarian and he has been a policy official at the European Commission since 1999. He is currently in charge of the Animal Welfare Unit in the Health and Consumers Directorate General of the Commission.
Since 2001, he is active member of the "Working Group of Animal Welfare" of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) and he is member of specific working groups at international level with EU trading partners. Andrea is member of the editorial board of the "FAO Gateway to Farm Animal Welfare".

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