# Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: Cervical dislocation and percussive blow to the head

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

These methods shall not be used as routine methods but only where there are no other methods available for stunning.
These methods shall not be used in slaughterhouses except as a back-up method for stunning.
No person shall kill by manual cervical dislocation or percussive blow to the head more than seventy animals per day.
Manual cervical dislocation shall not be used on animals of more than three kg live weight.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1099/annex/I/CHAPTER/II/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1099/annex-I/CHAPTER/II/division-3
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