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: 92/438/CEE: Décision du Conseil, du 13 juillet 1992, relative à l'informatisation des procédures vétérinaires d'importation (projet Shift), modifiant les directives 90/675/CEE, 91/496/CEE et 91/628/CEE et la décision 90/424/CEE et abrogeant la décision 88/192/CEE
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detail Directive 95/29/CE du Conseil, du 29 juin 1995, modifiant la directive 91/628/CEE relative à la protection des animaux en cours de transport
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detail Règlement (CE) n° 806/2003 du Conseil, du 14 avril 2003, portant adaptation à la décision 1999/468/CE des dispositions relatives aux comités assistant la Commission dans l'exercice de ses compétences d'exécution prévues dans des actes du Conseil adoptés selon la procédure de consultation (majorité qualifiée)
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detail ACTE relatif aux conditions d' adhésion du Royaume de Norvège, de la République d' Autriche, de la République de Finlande et du Royaume de Suède et aux adaptations des traités sur lesquels est fondée l' Union européenne, ANNEXE I - Liste prévue à l' article 29 de l' acte d' adhésion - V. AGRICULTURE - E. LÉGISLATION VÉTÉRINAIRE ET ZOOTECHNIQUE
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detail All documents based on this document: Derogated in: 94/96/CE: Décision de la Commission, du 3 février 1994, fondée sur l'article 16 de la directive 91/628/CEE du Conseil, instaurant des règles particulières concernant le bien-être des animaux en cours de transport dans certaines parties de la Grèce Repealed by: Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 July 2008.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