ECJ SAYS EU ANIMAL TRANSPORT WELFARE CONTROLS CAN APPLY FOR JOURNEYS OUTSIDE THE EU
April 21st, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) animal welfare transport rules should apply even to live animals transported from the EU to a third country, according to a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today (April 23).Under EU regulation 1/2005, directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC, and regulation 1255/97, for national regulators to authorise the transport of horses, cattle, pigs, sheep or goats, a haulier must provide a realistic journey log complying with EU welfare rules. A German court had asked whether these declarations should note the stages of the journey ...
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