Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing

On 22 June 2009 the Council of the European Union reached a political agreement on a new Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing, which will apply from 1st January 2013. To simplify existing legislation in the EU and bring it into line with food hygiene regulations, the new regulation integrates welfare considerations into the design of slaughterhouses and requires the regular monitoring of the efficiency of stunning techniques. It provides that slaughterhouses will have to appoint a specific person responsible for animal welfare and ensure that their staff is properly trained and certified. Each operator will have to develop and implement standard operating procedures for ensuring proper welfare standards in a reliable way. Furthermore, the regulation aims at making the competent authority performing mass killing in case of contagious diseases more accountable to the public regarding the welfare of the animals culled.

2009年6月22日，欧盟理事会就一项关于动物捕杀时保护的新规定达成政治协议，该规定将于2013年1月1日起实施。为了简化欧盟现有的立法，使其符合食品卫生法规，新法规将福利考虑纳入屠宰场的设计，并要求定期监测炫目技术的效率。该条例规定，屠宰场必须任命一名专门负责动物福利的人，并确保他们的员工经过适当的培训和认证。每个经营者必须制定和执行标准的操作程序，以确保以可靠的方式适当的福利标准。此外，该条例旨在使在发生传染病时进行大规模捕杀的主管当局就被扑杀动物的福利对公众更加负责。

Where: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

地点:奥地利，比利时，保加利亚，塞浦路斯，捷克共和国，丹麦，爱沙尼亚，芬兰，法国，德国，希腊，匈牙利，爱尔兰，意大利，拉脱维亚，立陶宛，卢森堡，马耳他，荷兰，波兰，葡萄牙，罗马尼亚，斯洛伐克，斯洛文尼亚，西班牙，瑞典，英国.

详细链接：http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/slaughter/index_en.htm