The FVO hosted the 10th meeting of National Contact Points for animal welfare during transport on 1-3 December 2015. The basis for these meetings is Article 24 of Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport. This Article requires mutual assistance and exchange of information between Member States and a contact point to facilitate these exchanges. The meeting followed up on three issues from the previous meeting in December 2014 when the Contact Points had prioritised three points for action: 1. Guidance on official controls of poultry transport. 2. Sharing of Commission interpretations on transport related to all Member States. 3. Making best use of data from satellite navigation systems (SNS). A network document on official controls of poultry transport is in the process of being finalised and should be available in all languages by February 2016. Work is on-going to compile Commission interpretations of legal requirements on transport and it is planned to make these into a single reference document early in 2016. On the third point, although members of the network have identified difficulties in making effective use of SNS data, further inputs are being sought and the group hopes to report on the best way forward on this in early 2016. In response to the European Court of Justice judgement (C-424/13) on animal transport concerning the applicability of Regulation 1/2005 outside the European Union, the meeting identified the need to work on intensified checks of journey logs at places of departure, identifying best practice for contingency plans and supervision of loading of animals at departure as well as for checks at exit points. This will be the focus of the next working group of the network in 2016. The meeting also allowed the network to identify aspects which they considered should be prioritised by a consortium working on a study on best practice for animal welfare during transport. Several members of the network presented their best practices for controls of the trade in puppies. These arrangements and procedures will be shared among all members of the network via the Commission’s CIRCABC platform. The next meeting is scheduled for September 2016.