Council Directive of 19 November 1991 on the protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: January 1, 1001 Entry into force - Date notif. January 1, 1993 Application - Art 20 At the latest See Art 20 Date of transposition: Date of end of validity: Modified by Modified by: All documents based on this document: Derogated in: 94/96/EC: Commission Decision of 3 February 1994 based on Article 16 of Council Directive 91/628/EEC introducing special rules regarding the welfare of animals during transport in certain parts of Greece Repealed by: Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 July 2008. Schwaninger Martin Viehhandel - Viehexport v Zollamt Salzburg, Erstattungen. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Unabhängiger Finanzsenat Salzburg-Aigen - Austria. Regulation (EC) No 615/98 - Export refunds - Welfare of live bovine animals during transport - Directive 91/628/EEC - Applicability of the rules relating to the protection of animals during transport - Rules relating to journey times and rest periods and to the transportation of bovine animals by sea to a destination outside of the Community - Feeding and watering of the animals during the journey. Case C-207/06. NPT48PT7LB NPT48PT4 NPT48PT3 NPT48PT7LA NPT48PT4LD Case C-96/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 March 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg (Germany)) — Viamex Agrar Handels GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (Regulation (EC) No 615/98 — Directive 91/628/EEC — Export refunds — Refusal — Non-compliance with Directive 91/628/EEC — Adverse effect on animal welfare — Burden of proof — Lack of evidence) Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 June 2011. Viamex Agrar Handels GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Finanzgericht Hamburg - Germany. Directive 91/628/EEC - Point 48(5) of Chapter VII of the Annex - Regulation (EC) No 615/98 - Article 5(3) - Export refunds - Protection of bovine animals during rail transport - Conditions for payment of export refunds for bovine animals - Compliance with Directive 91/628/EEC - Principle of proportionality. Case C-485/09. Case C-491/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Vestre Landsret, Denmark) — Danske Svineproducenter v Justitsministeriet (Directive 91/628/EEC — Protection of animals during transport — Implementation — Margin of discretion — Domestic animals of the porcine species — Journeys exceeding eight hours — Minimum height of each deck of the vehicle — Loading density) {AN|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AN} 1 {CHA|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/CHA} 1 PT 47 {TIT|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/TIT} D Case C-277/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 October 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg, Germany) — Interboves GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (Directive 91/628/EEC — Export refunds — Protection of animals during transport — Transport of bovine animals by sea between two geographical points of the Community — Vehicle loaded onto a vessel without unloading the animals — 12 hour rest period — Obligation) {AN|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AN} 1 PT 48.7B) {AN|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AN} 1 PT 48.7A) Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2008. Danske Svineproducenter v Justitsministeriet. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Vestre Landsret - Denmark. Directive 91/628/EEC - Protection of animals during transport - Implementation - Margin of discretion - Domestic animals of the porcine species - Journeys exceeding eight hours - Minimum height of each deck of the vehicle - Loading density. Case C-491/06. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 October 2008. Interboves GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Finanzgericht Hamburg - Germany. Directive 91/628/EEC- Export refunds - Protection of animals during transport - Transport of bovine animals by sea between two geographical points of the Community - Vehicle loaded onto a vessel without unloading the animals - 12-hour rest period - Obligation. Case C-277/06. Case C-455/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 November 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands)) — Heemskerk BV, Firma Schaap v Productschap Vee en Vlees (Regulations (EC) Nos 615/98, 1254/1999 and 800/1999 — Directive 91/628/EEC — Export refunds — Protection of bovine animals during transport — Power of an administrative authority of a Member State to find, contrary to the declaration of the official veterinarian, that the means of transport of the animals does not comply with Community legislation — Jurisdiction of national courts of Member States — Examination of their own motion of pleas in law derived from Community law — National rule prohibiting reformatio in pejus ) Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 November 2006. Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas v ZVK Zuchtvieh-Kontor GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesfinanzhof - Germany. Directive 91/628/EEC - Protection of animals during transport - Watering and feeding intervals, journey times and resting periods - Definition of "travel' ("Transportdauer') - Account to be taken of the time taken to load and unload the animals. Case C-300/05. Case C-207/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 July 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Finanzsenat Salzburg Aigen, Austria) — Schwaninger Martin Viehhandel — Viehexport v Zollamt Salzburg, Erstattungen (Regulation (EC) No 615/98 — Export refunds — Welfare of live bovine animals during transport — Directive 91/628/EEC — Applicability of the rules relating to the protection of animals during transport — Rules relating to journey times and rest periods and to the transportation of bovine animals by sea to a destination outside of the Community — Feeding and watering of the animals during the journey) {AN|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AN} PT 48 PT 7.A Legal basis TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE II - AGRICULTURE, ARTICLE 43 EuroVoc Vocabulary Internal market - Principles Eggs and poultry Transport Animal health and zootechnics Veterinary inspection Approximation of laws Protection of animals Transport of animals Health certificate Veterinary legislation