Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (Text with EEA relevance)
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Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: - December 8, 2009
- Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See Art 30
- January 1, 2013
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- Règlement d'exécution (UE) 2018/723 de la Commission du 16 mai 2018 modifiant les annexes I et II du règlement (CE) n° 1099/2009 du Conseil sur la protection des animaux au moment de leur mise à mort en ce qui concerne l'approbation de l'étourdissement par basse pression atmosphérique (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE. )
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- Règlement (UE) 2017/625 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 15 mars 2017 concernant les contrôles officiels et les autres activités officielles servant à assurer le respect de la législation alimentaire et de la législation relative aux aliments pour animaux ainsi que des règles relatives à la santé et au bien-être des animaux, à la santé des végétaux et aux produits phytopharmaceutiques, modifiant les règlements du Parlement européen et du Conseil (CE) n° 999/2001, (CE) n° 396/2005, (CE) n° 1069/2009, (CE) n° 1107/2009, (UE) n° 1151/2012, (UE) n° 652/2014, (UE) 2016/429 et (UE) 2016/2031, les règlements du Conseil (CE) n° 1/2005 et (CE) n° 1099/2009 ainsi que les directives du Conseil 98/58/CE, 1999/74/CE, 2007/43/CE, 2008/119/CE et 2008/120/CE, et abrogeant les règlements du Parlement européen et du Conseil (CE) n° 854/2004 et (CE) n° 882/2004, les directives du Conseil 89/608/CEE, 89/662/CEE, 90/425/CEE, 91/496/CEE, 96/23/CE, 96/93/CE et 97/78/CE ainsi que la décision 92/438/CEE du Conseil (règlement sur les contrôles officiels) (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE)
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- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020. Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België e.a. and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of animals at the time of killing – Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 – Article 4(1) – Obligation to stun animals before they are killed – Article 4(4) – Derogation in the context of ritual slaughter – Article 26(2) – Power of Member States to adopt national rules aimed at ensuring more extensive protection of animals in the case of ritual slaughter – Interpretation – National legislation requiring, in the case of ritual slaughter, stunning which is reversible and cannot cause death – Article 13 TFEU – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 10 – Freedom of religion – Freedom to manifest religion – Limitation – Proportionality – Lack of consensus among the Member States of the European Union – Discretion afforded to Member States – Principle of subsidiarity – Validity – Differing treatment of ritual slaughter and the killing of animals during hunting or recreational fishing activities and cultural or sporting events – No discrimination – Articles 20, 21 and 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Case C-336/19.
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 February 2019. Oeuvre d’assistance aux bêtes d’abattoirs (OABA) v Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 13 TFEU — Animal welfare — Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 — Protection of animals at the time of killing — Particular methods of slaughter prescribed by religious rites — Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 — Articles 3 and 14(1)(b)(viii) — Compatibility with organic production — Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 — First paragraph of Article 57 — Organic production logo of the European Union. Case C-497/17.
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 May 2018. Liga van Moskeeën en Islamitische Organisaties Provincie Antwerpen, VZW and Others v Vlaams Gewest. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of animals at the time of killing — Particular methods of slaughter prescribed by religious rites — Muslim Feast of Sacrifice — Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 — Article 2(k) — Article 4(4) — Obligation for ritual slaughtering without stunning to be carried out in approved slaughterhouses which satisfy the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 835/2004 — Validity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 10 — Freedom of religion — Article 13 TFEU — Respect for national customs with regard to religious rites. Case C-426/16.
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 May 2018. Liga van Moskeeën en Islamitische Organisaties Provincie Antwerpen, VZW and Others v Vlaams Gewest. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of animals at the time of killing — Particular methods of slaughter prescribed by religious rites — Muslim Feast of Sacrifice — Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 — Article 2(k) — Article 4(4) — Obligation for ritual slaughtering without stunning to be carried out in approved slaughterhouses which satisfy the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 835/2004 — Validity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 10 — Freedom of religion — Article 13 TFEU — Respect for national customs with regard to religious rites. Case C-426/16.
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020. Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België e.a. and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of animals at the time of killing – Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 – Article 4(1) – Obligation to stun animals before they are killed – Article 4(4) – Derogation in the context of ritual slaughter – Article 26(2) – Power of Member States to adopt national rules aimed at ensuring more extensive protection of animals in the case of ritual slaughter – Interpretation – National legislation requiring, in the case of ritual slaughter, stunning which is reversible and cannot cause death – Article 13 TFEU – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 10 – Freedom of religion – Freedom to manifest religion – Limitation – Proportionality – Lack of consensus among the Member States of the European Union – Discretion afforded to Member States – Principle of subsidiarity – Validity – Differing treatment of ritual slaughter and the killing of animals during hunting or recreational fishing activities and cultural or sporting events – No discrimination – Articles 20, 21 and 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Case C-336/19.
- Case C-426/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 1 August 2016 — Liga van Moskeeën en Islamitische Organisaties Provincie Antwerpen and Others v Vlaams Gewest
- article 2 point (k)
- article 4 paragraph 4
- Case C-497/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative d’appel de Versailles (France) lodged on 10 July 2017 — Oeuvre d’assistance aux bêtes d’abattoirs (OABA) v Ministre de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation, Premier minister, Bionoor, Ecocert France, Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- Case C-336/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium) lodged on 18 April 2019 — Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België and Others, Unie Moskeeën Antwerpen VZW and Islamitisch Offerfeest Antwerpen VZW, JG and KH, Executief van de Moslims van België and Others, Coördinatie Comité van Joodse Organisaties van België. Section belge du Congrès juif mondial et Congrès juif européen VZW and Others, intervening parties: LI, Vlaamse regering, Waalse regering, Kosher Poultry BVBA and Others and Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België and Others, Global Action in the Interest of Animals VZW (GAIA)
- article 1 paragraph 1 unnumbered paragraph 2
- article 1 paragraph 3
- article 26 paragraph 2 unnumbered paragraph 1 PT (c)
- article 4 paragraph 4
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Three - Community policies TITLE II - Agriculture Article 37
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