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Law No. 1444 ratifying the a) European Convention for the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes and b) European Convention for the Protection of Animals for Slaughter.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
1984
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 78, Part I, 30 May 1984, pp. 847-868.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Cattle Poultry Animal production
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Law shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This law ratifies two European Conventions on the protection of animals. The first applies to animals kept for farming purposes and it was singed by Greece on 10 March 1976. It outlines the keeping, caring for and housing of farm animals on the farm and especially in modern stock farming systems. Freedom of movement is especially important for animals kept in these systems as well as appropriate lighting, ventilation, temperature and environmental conditions. The second Convention ratified herewith refers to animals for slaughter and it was signed by Greece on 10 May 1976. Its provisions regulate slaughter for the protection of animals so as to ensure that animals are spared suffering, pain, fear and distress for both the benefit of the animal and to enhance the quality of the meat produced. The law, consisting of four articles (ratification (art.1), power to the Minister of Agriculture to make further provisions (art.2), sanctions (art.3)) and entry into force (art.4), adopts all the provisions of both Conventions.

Full text
Greek
Website
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