Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerning Community criteria for control posts and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC (c. 1255)

[F1 ANNEX U.K. COMMUNITY CRITERIA FOR CONTROL POSTS]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97.

C. OPERATIONS U.K.

1. Animals shall be unloaded without delay after arrival. If delay is unavoidable, however, taking account of weather conditions and waiting periods, the animals should be guaranteed the best possible welfare conditions. U.K.

2. During loading and unloading, care must be taken not to frighten, excite or mistreat the animals, and to ensure that they are not knocked over. Animals must be neither lifted nor dragged by the head, horns, ears, feet, tail or fleece or handled in such a way as to cause them unnecessary pain or suffering. When necessary, they must be led individually. U.K.

3. For the movement of animals throughout the facilities: U.K.

(a)

mobile passageways must be arranged so as to exploit the gregarious tendencies of animals;

(b)

instruments intended for guiding animals must be used solely for that purpose. Use of instruments which administer electric shocks should be avoided as far as possible and in any case may be used only for adult bovine animals and pigs which refuse to move, on condition that the shocks last no more than two seconds, are adequately spaced and that the animals have room ahead of them in which to move. Such shocks may be applied only to the muscles of the hindquarters;

(c)

animals must not be struck, nor shall pressure be applied to any particularly sensitive part of the body. In particular, animals' tails must not be crushed, twisted or broken and their eyes must not be grasped. Animals must not be punched or kicked;

(d)

persons handling animals at the [F1 control post must not have possession of or use prods or other implements with pointed ends. Sticks or other implements intended for guiding animals may be used provided they can be applied to the body of an animal without causing it injury or unnecessary suffering.

4. Animals which arrive after having been subjected to high temperatures in humid weather must be cooled by appropriate means as soon as possible. U.K.

5. The feeding and watering of animals shall be carried out in such a way as to ensure that every animal accommodated at the control post can have at least sufficient clean water and sufficient and appropriate feed to satisfy its bodily needs during its stay and for the expected duration of its journey to the next feeding point. Control posts may not receive animals with special feeding needs, such as young calves needing liquid feed, unless they are properly equipped and staffed to satisfy those needs. U.K.

6. The condition and state of the animals shall be inspected by a staff member of the control post on their arrival at the control post and at least once every 12 hours during their stay at the control post. U.K.

7. The record referred to in Article 5 (h) of this Directive shall contain the following information: U.K.

(a)

date and time of completion of unloading and commencement of reloading of each consignment;

(b)

date and duration of the depopulation for health reasons provided for in point A (4) of this Annex;

(c)

animal health certificate number(s) relating to each consignment;

(d)

any necessary remarks concerning the health or welfare condition of the animals and especially:

• the particulars and number of animals discovered dead at the point of unloading at the control post] or which die during their stay,

• the particulars and number of animals which are discovered to be seriously injured at the point of unloading or during their stay, or are considered to be unfit for further travel;

(e)

the names and addresses of the transporter and drivers and the registration numbers of the vehicles.