TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORT OF ANIMALS
OIE International Transport Guidelines
- Guidleines for the transport of animals by land
http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_3.7.3.htm- Guidleines for the transport of animals by sea
http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_3.7.2.htm- Guidleines for the transport of animals by air
http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_3.7.4.htm
EU Legislation
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives
64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97:
http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_003/l_00320050105en00010044.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:
http://eurlex.europa.eu/pri/en/oj/dat/1998/l_052/l_05219980221en00080011.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: http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/aw/aw_legislation/transport/1255-97_en.pdf
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1040/2003 of 11 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 as regards the use of staging points:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2003/l_151/l_15120030619en00210023.pdf- List of approved staging points based on Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97:
http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/sanco/vets/info/data/stagpt/stagpt.htm- Council Directive 95/29/EC amending Directive 91/628/EEC concerning the protection of animals during transport:
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi- 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:
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi
Research
- The welfare of animals during transport (details for horses, pigs, sheep and cattle) - adopted on 11 March 2002:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scah/out71_en.pdf- Transport and pre-slaughter welfare of cattle, sheep and pigs:
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/vclins/research/welfare.htm
Education
- Humane Slaughter Association
http://www.hsa.org.uk/Other Documents
- European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport as amended by Additional Protocol (ETS No. 103) of 7 November 1989:
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp- Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the application of the different ventilation systems for animal transport vehicles for road journeys exceeding eight hours:
http://www.fve.org/papers/pdf/aw/draft_legislation/COM_2001_197_1_en.pdf- Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the experience acquired by Member States since the implementation of Council Directive 95/29/EC amending Directive 91/628/EEC concerning the protection of animals during transport COM(2000) 809:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2000/com2000_0809en01.pdf
