1.In the process of killing animals, methods listed in the table below shall be used.
Methods other than those listed in the table may be used:
(a)
on unconscious animals, providing the animal does not regain consciousness before death;
(b)
on animals used in agricultural research, when the aim of the project requires that the animals are kept under similar conditions to those under which commercial farm animals are kept; these animals may be killed in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing(1).