# Council Decision of 14 December 1992 on the conclusion of the Protocol of amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes (92/583/EEC), Article 1


Article 1 of the Convention shall be amended to read:
‘This Convention shall apply to the breeding, keeping, care and housing of animals and in particular to animals in intensive stock-farming systems. For the purposes of this Convention “animals” shall mean animals bred or kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur, or for other farming purposes, including animals produced as a result of genetic modifications or novel genetic combinations. “Intensive stock farming” systems shall mean husbandry methods in which animals are kept in such numbers or density, or in such conditions, or at such production levels, that their health and welfare depend upon frequent human attention.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1992/583/attachment/1/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1992-583/attachment-1/article-1
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