Animal Protection-Slaughtering Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2004 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich., Part II, No. 488, 17 December 2004, 3 pp. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Health and Women on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal welfare Slaughtering Inspection Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 January 2005. Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions concerning the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing. At the outset the text contains a definition clause relating to terms therein employed such as, for example, “slaughterhouse”, “accommodating”, “immobilize”, “anesthetize”, “killling”. Article 1 establishes the underlying principle, i.e. that animals when being slaughtered or killed have to be spared unjustified pains, sufferings, damages and fear. Thereafter the text deals with the following aspects: requirements pertaining to slaughterhouses, such as devices and equipment, personnel working in such places, survey and control, slaughtering and killing outside slaughterhouses, special cases of killing. The text consists of 13 articles and 9 Annexes. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 93/119/EC on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing. Legislation | European Union | 1993 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Ordinance amending the Animal Protection-Slaughtering Ordinance. Legislation | Austria | 2006 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Animal Protection Slaughtering Ordinance. Legislation | Austria | 2015 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX