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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Article 6U.K.Standard operating procedures
1.Business operators shall plan in advance the killing of animals and related operations and shall carry them out in accordance with standard operating procedures.
2.Business operators shall draw up and implement such standard operating procedures to ensure that killing and related operations are carried out in accordance with Article 3(1).
As regards stunning, the standard operating procedures shall:
(a)take into account the manufacturers’ recommendations;
(b)define for each stunning method used, on the basis of available scientific evidence, the key parameters set out in Chapter I of Annex I ensuring their effectiveness to stun the animals;
(c)specify the measures to be taken when the checks referred to in Article 5 indicate that an animal is not properly stunned or, in the case of animals slaughtered in accordance with Article 4(4), that the animal still presents signs of life.
3.For the purpose of paragraph 2 of this Article, a business operator may use standard operating procedures as described in the guides to good practice referred to in Article 13.
4.Business operators shall make available to the competent authority their standard operating procedures upon request.
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