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Cattle Transport Regulation.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 26, 5 June 2020.
Long title
Regulation to protect against the spread of animal diseases due to movement of animals.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Transport/storage Pests/diseases Disinfection/disinfestation Registration Marking/identification Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

This Regulation lays down measures to avoid the spreading of diseases during the transportation of cattle. The text consists of 49 articles divided into 15 parts as follows: Vehicles used in animal transportation (1); Animal fairs; animal markets, slaughterhouses (2); Condition of stalls in general (3); Castration of animals (4); Pasturing of sheep herds (6); Cleaning and disinfection (7); Health certificates and registers (8); Keeping of animals (9); Marking and registration of cattle (10); Marking of pigs, sheep and goats (11); Marking and registration of porks (12); Marking of equids (13); Other keeping of cattle (14); Final provisions (15). The Regulation is completed by an Annex.

Full text
German
Website
www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Animal production, Sheep/goats, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 90/426/EEC on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae.

Legislation | European Union | 1990

Keyword: Animal health, International trade, Pests/diseases, Equine-animals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals.

Legislation | European Union | 1992

Keyword: Animal production, Marking/identification, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 90/427/EEC on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae.

Legislation | European Union | 1990

Keyword: Equine-animals, Animal reproduction, Authorization/permit, Registration, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97.

Legislation | European Union | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Cattle, Animal reproduction, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2000/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swines.

Legislation | European Union | 2000

Keyword: Cattle, Swine, Access-to-information, Transport/storage, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Cattle Transport Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1982 (1995)

Keyword: Transport/storage, Animal welfare, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Slaughtering, Certification, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Cattle Transport Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1995 (1998)

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Transport/storage, Disinfection/disinfestation, Slaughtering, Grazing, Sheep/goats, Swine, Cattle, Internal trade, Certification, Marking/identification, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Cattle Transport Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2001 (2003)

Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Transport/storage, Disinfection/disinfestation, Registration, Marking/identification, Slaughtering, Grazing, Swine, Sheep/goats, Cattle, Certification, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Thüringen Animal Disease Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2009 (2013)

Keyword: Pests/diseases, Animal health, Cattle, Transport/storage, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX