# 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 2


A new Article 3 shall be inserted in the Convention, which reads as follows:
‘Natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which cause or are likely to cause suffering or injury to any of the animals involved shall not be practised; no animal shall be kept for farming purposes unless it can be reasonably expected, on the basis of its phenotype or genotype, that it can be kept without detrimental effects on its health or welfare.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1992/583/attachment/1/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1992-583/attachment-1/article-2
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