Animal Welfare
Programme of World Society for Protection of Animals in cooperation with FAO SEUR
Programme Coordinator MVDr. Rastislav Kolesar , e-mail: rastokolesar(at)wspa.org.uk
National Coordinator: Mgr. Alica Kosuthova, email: kampanier(at)sloboda.sk
Web Editor: Juraj Gogora, e-mail: Juraj.Gogora@agroinstitut.sk
STRUCTURE
Objectives and Mission (to the main Animal Welfare Portal)
Animal Welfare Issues:
- at the farm - conventional farming
- organic and free range farming
- during transportation
- at the time of slaughtering or killing
- Links
FARM ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES AT THE FARM- conventional farming
- Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 322/2003 Coll. on protection of animals used for farming purposes.
Nariadenie vlády SR Ä. 322/2003 Z. z. o ochrane zvierat chovaných na farmárske úÄely.
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Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 322/2003 Coll. is transposed text of:
Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
- Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 735/2002 Coll.. on minimal standards of protection of pigs amended by Governmental ordinance No. 325/2003 Coll.
Nariadenie vlády SR Ä. 735/2002 Z. z. , ktorým sa ustanovujú minimálne normy ochrany oÅ¡Ãpaných v znenà nariadenia vlády Ä. 325/2003 Z. z.
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Download No. 325/2003 Coll.. (PDF, Slovak only)
Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 735/2002 Coll is transposed text of :
Council Directive 2001/88/EC amends the Council Directive 91/630/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs and aims in particular to.
- Gordinance of SR. No. 736/2002 Coll.. On minimal standards of protection of lying hens amended by Governmental ordinance No. 326/2003 Coll.
Nariadenie vlády SR Ä. 736/2002 Z. z. , ktorým sa ustanovujú minimálne požiadavky na ochranu nosnÃc v znenà nariadenia Ä. 326/2003 Z. z.
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Download No. 326/2003 Coll.. (PDF, Slovak only)
Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 736/2002 Coll.is transposed text of :
Council Directive 1999/74/EC, adopted in 1999, distinguishes three types of rearing systems for laying hens.
- Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 730/2002 Coll. On minimal standards of protection of calves amended by Governmental ordinance No. 270/2003 Coll.
Nariadenie vlády SR Ä. 730/2002 Z. z. , ktorým sa ustanovujú minimálne normy ochrany teliat v znenà nariadenia vlády Ä. 270/2003 Z. z.
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Download No. 270/2003 Coll.. (PDF, Slovak only)
Governmental ordinance of SR. No. 730/2002 Coll. is transposed text of:
Council Directive 91/629/EEC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves.
Teaching of Animal Welfare and Ethic (PPT Presentation)
Animal Welfare and Bioethics in Curricula of Slovak Agricultural and Veterinary Higher Education Institutions (PDF)
FARM ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES AT ORGANIC AND FREE RANGE FARMING
- Organic and free range farming - Legislation
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- Other Useful Information (Slovak only)
- ÚKSÚP (text available only in Slovak language)
1. Zákon Ä. 224/98 Z.z. o ekologickom poľnohospodárstve a výrobe biopotravÃn v znenà zákona Ä. 415/2002 Z.z. - ústav:- vedie register ekologických subjektov
- vydáva posudky k výsledkom vykonaných rozborov pôd a rastlÃn,
- odsúhlasuje úÄel využitia pôd pre ekologické pestovanie rastlÃn
- vykonáva kontrolu dodržiavania podmienok držiteľmi registrácie a ÚKSÚP-om poverenými inÅ¡pekÄnými organizáciami,
- rozhoduje o zaradenà pozemkov do konverzie a urÄuje obdobie konverzie,
- osvedÄuje pri dovoze a vývoze ekologický pôvod biopotraviny a bioproduktu,
- poskytuje údaje orgánom Európskej únie,
- vedie evidenciu pozemkov a ich využÃvanie na pestovanie rastlÃn a chov zvierat v systéme ekologického poľnohospodárstva,
- zostavuje register povolených pesticÃdov, hnojÃv a krmÃv do ekologického poľnohospodárstva,
- vydáva osvedÄenia držiteľom registrácie v systéme ekologického poľnohospodárstva,
- poveruje inÅ¡pekÄné organizácie na výkon inÅ¡pekcie a certifikácie v systéme ekologického poľnohospodárstva a výrobe biopotravÃn,
- ukladá pokutu tomu, kto klamlivo oznaÄuje poľnohospodársky produkt alebo potravinu nepochádzajúcu z ekologického poľnohospodárstva oznaÄenÃm ekologického poľnohospodárstva
FARM ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES DURING TRANSPORTATION
- Governmental ordinance SR. No. 302/2003 Coll. ,On protection of animals during transport.
Nariadenie vlády SR Ä. 302/2003 Z. z. , ktorým sa ustanovujú podrobnosti o ochrane zvierat poÄas prepravy
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- Governmental ordinance SR. No. 302/2003 Coll. is transposed text of:
- Council Directive 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 on the protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC
- Commission Decision 2001/298/EC of 30 March 2001 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 91/68/EEC and 92/65/EEC and to Commission Decision 94/273/EC as regards the protection of animals during transport (PDF)
- Council Regulation (EC) No 411/98 of 16 February 1998 on additional animal protection standards applicable to road vehicles used for the carriage of livestock on journeys exceeding eight hours (PDF)
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerning Community criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1040/2003 of 11 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 as regards the use of staging points (PDF)
- Council Directive 95/29/EC amending Directive 91/628/EEC concerning the protection of animals during transport
FARM ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES AT THE TIME OF SLAUGHTERING OR KILLING
- Governmental ordinance SR. No. 315/2003 Coll. On protection of animals in time of slaughter and killing amended by Governmental ordinance SR No. 497/2003 Coll.
Nariadenie vlády SR Ä. 315/2003 Z. z. , ktorým sa ustanovujú požiadavky na ochranu zvierat v Äase ich zabÃjania alebo usmrcovania v znenà nariadenia vlády SR Ä. 497/2003 Z. z.
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Download No. 497/2003 Coll.. (PDF, Slovak only)
Governmental ordinance SR. No. 315/2003 Coll. is transposed text of :
Council Directive 93/119/EC of 22 December 1993 on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing
LINKS
- Animal Welfare Network
- Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
- Štátna veterinárna a potravinová správa Slovenskej republiky (Slovak only)
- Research Institute for Animal Production
- ECOTREND- private organic farms (Slovak only)
- Biospotrebitel (Slovak only)
- Animal Welfare Training ( AWT )
- Sloboda zvierat (Slovak only)
- Slovak University of Agriculture
- University of Veterinary Medicine