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Decree No. 139 of 1996 on permitted interventions on animals (Interventions Decree).

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Staatsblad No. 139, 29 February 1996, pp. 1-18.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Animal health
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

Article 40 of the Act concerning Well-being and Health of Animals prohibits the physical intervention on animals during which a part or parts of the animal's body are removed or damaged. Exceptions to this rule may be established by Ministerial Decree. Article 2 lists all kinds of interventions on animals which are allowed and, in several cases, includes directions on how interventions are to be carried out. Several interventions are declared to be offences by the provisions of the Penal Code.

Full text
Dutch
Website
www.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Implements

Act No. 585 of 1992 on the well-being and health of animals (Animal Health and Welfare Act).

Legislation | Netherlands | 1992 (2012)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Animal welfare, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal production, Animal reproduction, Slaughtering, Animal by-products, Biotechnology, Transport/storage, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decree No. 184 of 2003 to amend the Decree relative to the raising of pigs and the Interventions Decree (implementation of Directives 2001/88/EC and 2001/93/EC).

Legislation | Netherlands | 2005

Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Animal welfare, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 337 of 2008 to amend the Interventions Decree in relation with no longer permitted cutting of corner teeth of swine.

Legislation | Netherlands | 2008

Keyword: Animal welfare, Swine

Source: FAO, FAOLEX