Council Directive 91/629/EEC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves
Basic information Dates
Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: - December 11, 1991
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Date of transposition: Date of end of validity: Modified by
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Affected by case
- Case C-187/07: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Zutphen (Netherlands)) — Criminal proceedings against Dirk Endendijk (Directive 91/629/EEC — Decision 97/182/EC — Rearing of calves — Individual pens — Prohibition on tethering calves — Meaning of the verb tether — Material and length — Different language versions — Uniform interpretation)
- Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 April 2008. Criminal proceedings against Dirk Endendijk. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Rechtbank Zutphen - Netherlands. Directive 91/629/EEC - Decision 97/182/EC - Rearing of calves - Individual pens - Prohibition on tethering calves - Meaning of the verb ‘tether’ - Material and length - Different language versions - Uniform interpretation. Case C-187/07.
- Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 June 2012. G. Brouwer v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie. Reference for a preliminary ruling — College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Interpretation of Council Directive 91/629/EEC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (OJ 1991 L 340, p. 28) and of Articles 4 and 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (OJ 2003 L 270, p. 1) — National legislation transposing the Directive by stating that the management requirements apply not only to calves confined for rearing and fattening, but also to calves confined for dairy farming. Directive 91/629/EEC — Minimum standards for the protection of calves — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy — National legislation transposing Directive 91/629/EEC and declaring the management requirements provided for by that directive to be applicable to, inter alia, calves which are kept confined in the context of a dairy farming operation. Case C-355/11.
- Judgment of the Court of 19 March 1998. The Queen v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Compassion in World Farming Ltd. Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division - United Kingdom. Articles 34 and 36 of the EC Treaty - Directive 91/629/EEC - European Convention on the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes - Recommendation concerning Cattle - Export of calves from a Member State maintaining the level of protection laid down by the Convention and the Recommendation - Export to Member States which comply with the Directive but do not observe the standards laid down in the Convention or the Recommendation and use intensive farming systems prohibited in the exporting State - Quantitative restrictions on exports - Exhaustive harmonisation - Validity of the Directive. Case C-1/96.
Legal basis
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE II - AGRICULTURE, ARTICLE 43
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Fattening
- Animal health and zootechnics
- Calf
- Protection of animals
- Intensive livestock farming
- Veterinary legislation
- Veterinary legislation