<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the legitimate re-establishment of border controls between certain Member States.NGOs have reported that live animals are being subjected to extremely long waiting times of up to 18 hours at such border crossings, resulting in severe suffering.Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport provides that:‘The competent authority shall take the necessary measures to prevent or reduce to a minimum any delay during transport or suffering by animals when unforeseeable circumstances impede the application of this Regulation.The competent authority shall ensure that special arrangements are made at the place of transfers, exit points and border inspection posts to give priority to the transport of animals.’Without prejudice to the right of states, in the exercise of their sovereignty, to re-establish border controls or to their ability to carry out the necessary health checks, transports of live animals should have priority over transports of goods where borders have been re‑established..Could the Commission therefore answer the following questions:1.Why has Article 22 not been applied?2.What does the Commission intend to do to ensure that, when national border controls are re-established in the future, animal transports are given priority by the Member States?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [4]. </s>
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the legitimate re-establishment of border controls between certain Member States.NGOs have reported that live animals are being subjected to extremely long waiting times of up to 18 hours at such border crossings, resulting in severe suffering.Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport provides that:‘The competent authority shall take the necessary measures to prevent or reduce to a minimum any delay during transport or suffering by animals when unforeseeable circumstances impede the application of this Regulation.The competent authority shall ensure that special arrangements are made at the place of transfers, exit points and border inspection posts to give priority to the transport of animals.’Without prejudice to the right of states, in the exercise of their sovereignty, to re-establish border controls or to their ability to carry out the necessary health checks, transports of live animals should have priority over transports of goods where borders have been re‑established..Could the Commission therefore answer the following questions:1.Why has Article 22 not been applied?2.What does the Commission intend to do to ensure that, when national border controls are re-established in the future, animal transports are given priority by the Member States?