{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1992-583/attachment-1/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1992-583/attachment-1/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1992/583",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1992-583",
  "path": "attachment/1/article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Article 7 of the Convention shall be amended to read:\n‘1. The condition and state of health and welfare of animals shall be thoroughly inspected at intervals sufficient to avoid unnecessary suffering and in the case of animals kept in intensive stock-farming systems at least once a day.\n2. When an animal is to be killed on the farm, this shall be done competently and in any case without causing unnecessary pain or distress to the animal or to other animals.\n3. Technical equipment used in intensive stock-farming systems shall be thoroughly inspected at least once a day, and any defect discovered shall be remedied with the least possible delay. When a defect cannot be remedied forthwith, all temporary measures necessary to safeguard the health and welfare of the animals shall be taken immediately.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1992/583/attachment/1/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:19:46.886071+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}