# 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, Division 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the movement of animals throughout the facilities:
(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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/1255/annex/division/C/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-1255/annex/division-C/division-3
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