<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Working conditions characterised by poor hygiene, close physical contact and overcrowding in collective accommodation have caused high infection rates among meat processing workers in several Member States and have made slaughterhouses in the EU hotspots for COVID-19. A number of slaughterhouses in Germany, France and the Netherlands have closed down. While these slaughterhouses have contributed to the health crisis, closing them down could also lead to serious animal welfare problems. In the United States and Canada, millions of chickens that cannot be slaughtered are being killed on farms using methods such as ‘ventilation shutdown plus’ (the ventilation is turned off leading to death from overhearing) in violation of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) guidelines. There are currently concerns in the EU about backlogs in the slaughter of vulnerable ‘slaughter’ sows, which are often in poor health.1.Can the Commission explain what emergency measures have been put in place to ensure that, in the event that livestock has to be culled due to lack of slaughter capacity on the farm, Member States will comply with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing?2.Can the Commission confirm that there can be no derogation from the requirements of that Regulation if it is decided to cull animals on the farm as a result of interruptions in the meat supply chain?"
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>
Working conditions characterised by poor hygiene, close physical contact and overcrowding in collective accommodation have caused high infection rates among meat processing workers in several Member States and have made slaughterhouses in the EU hotspots for COVID-19. A number of slaughterhouses in Germany, France and the Netherlands have closed down. While these slaughterhouses have contributed to the health crisis, closing them down could also lead to serious animal welfare problems. In the United States and Canada, millions of chickens that cannot be slaughtered are being killed on farms using methods such as ‘ventilation shutdown plus’ (the ventilation is turned off leading to death from overhearing) in violation of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) guidelines. There are currently concerns in the EU about backlogs in the slaughter of vulnerable ‘slaughter’ sows, which are often in poor health.1.Can the Commission explain what emergency measures have been put in place to ensure that, in the event that livestock has to be culled due to lack of slaughter capacity on the farm, Member States will comply with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing?2.Can the Commission confirm that there can be no derogation from the requirements of that Regulation if it is decided to cull animals on the farm as a result of interruptions in the meat supply chain?