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European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
- Date of last review:
- 04/06/2020
- Initial creation date:
- 04/05/2011
- Summary code:
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- 30.11.03.01 Livestock farming
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- Summarised document(s):
- Author:
- Publications Office of the European Union
- Responsible entity(ies):
- Directorate-General for Environment
European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
SUMMARY OF:
European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE CONVENTION AND THE DECISIONS?
The purpose of this convention, signed under the auspices of the Council of Europe, is to lay down minimum common standards for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes in the signatory countries.
The convention was amended in 1992 by the protocol of amendment.
Decision 78/923/EEC and Decision 92/583/EEC marked respectively the conclusion of the European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes and of its Protocol of amendment.
KEY POINTS
This convention applies to animals reared or kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur or for other farming purposes, including animals resulting from genetic modifications or new genetic combinations. It concerns, in particular, animals kept in intensive stock-farming systems.
The aim of the convention is to protect farm animals against any unnecessary suffering or injury caused by their housing, the feed they are given or the care they receive. In order to achieve that objective, those countries that have signed the convention must comply with certain rules concerning, among other thing, farming premises (space and the environment), feed, animal health and the organisation of inspections of the technical installations used in modern intensive stock-farming systems.
The convention creates a Standing Committee to monitor its application. The Committee may draw up and adopt recommendations to the signatory countries.
DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE
The convention entered into force on .
MAIN DOCUMENTS
European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (OJ L 323, , pp. 14-22)
Protocol of amendment to the European Convention for the protection of animals kept for Farming Purposes (OJ L 395, , pp. 22-24)
Council Decision 78/923/EEC of concerning the conclusion of the European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (OJ L 323, , pp. 12-13)
Council Decision 92/583/EEC of on the conclusion of the Protocol of amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes (OJ L 395, , p. 21)
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