The EHN invites you to a free ZOOM Webinar: Tuesday, 27th February2024, 10h30-12h00 CET How to communicate on the equine industry – Take the opportunity of the Olympics to present good stories There is enough data to show that the concerns around horse involvement in...
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EHN News Letter January 2024
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter in January 2024 with an overview of current and future activities. The newsletter also reports on the EHN Webinar on workforce in the equine industry in November 2023. The workforce covers a total 400.000 full...
EHN News Letter July 2023
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. Recently, 3 meetings took place in Brussel, including one in the European Parliament with members of the Parliament. This meeting was openend by EU President Ms....
Open letter on production, import and use of the fertility hormone PMSG
FEIF has taken an active position on the production of PSMG using the blood of pregnant mares (‘blood mares’). In some countries excesses have been reported, like taking too much blood or having mares aborted to get them pregnant again. Upon a proposal of FEIF, the...
EHN News Letter December 2021
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. One of the main items is of course the successful conference addressed by Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, stressing the...
EU Regulations on Horse Registration and Identification
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a document explaining the current and coming rules of the European Union about registration and identification of horses, and the registration of the whereabouts of horses, including transport (import into the EU and cross...
EHN News Letter July 2021
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. Items included are the Green Assets of hoses, to define, qualify and quantify environmental impacts of equines and the revision of EU VAT rules. EHN is active...
Revision of EU VAT rules: position of EHN
The European Horse Network (EHN) published the position of the European horse industry regarding revision of VAT rules as prepared by the European Commission, by advocating for eligibility for reduced rates for the following activities related to equines (horses): 1....
European Horse Network
The Legal Committee of the European Horse Network (EHN) met on March 4, 2021 to discuss the draft implementing regulation on the identification and registration of equines (SANTE/7004/2019). In the meeting, the response of ENH to the consultation by the EU regarding...
EHN Newsletter December 2020
The European Horse Network (EHN) published a newsletter with an overview of current and future activities. Items included are the new EU rules on identification and movement of equines and two EU projects, one of them about 'roles and assets of horses for a...
European Horse Network
The European Horse Network had the first meeting in Brussels with the newly started horse group and a special guest, the president elect of the European Commission, Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen. Her speech concentrated on connecting horses to a sustainable future and as...
EHN Priorities
During a lunch in the European Parliament the European Horse Network (EHN) published its manifesto with priorities for the next years: - Consider horses as agricultural animals - Promote horse welfare and responsible care - Favour appropriate funding to equine...
Equine Conference of the European Horse Network
In October 2018 the Equine Conference of the European Horse Network (EHN) took place in Brussels and focused on securing value to the life of horses, including responsible breeding of horses, rehoming and rehabilitation and the practical implementation of positive...
Horses or rabbits
The European Union is preparing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2020-2027. Unfortunately, the importance of the horse industry and horse farming seems to be ignored. There is a too strong focus on food production. One of the first steps will be to skip any...
European Horse Network (EHN)
The AGM of the European Horse Network (EHN) and the Conference in the European Parliament took place took place in November 2017. The seminar in the European Parliament concentrated on the consequences of BREXIT and to a large extent on the future of the horse...
EHN meets European parliamentarians
On July 13, 2017 the European Horse Network met European parliamentarians to raise awareness of the many economic and environmental benefits of Equestrian Tourism, a fast-growing activity In about forty years, in a society where leisure is increasingly taking place,...
Horses in the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU
The European Horse Network (EHN) published its view on the position of horses in the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union. So far, horses are considered too easily as agricultural animals and part of the food chain, without respect for other...
EHN Newsletter March 2017
European Horse Network (EHN) - a non-profit network of stakeholders acting at a World, European, National or Regional level within the European horse sector - has published the March 2017 newsletter. The newsletter addresses the many items EHN is working on: -...