CHAPTER IVAUTHORISATION

Section 1Requirements for breeders, suppliers and users

Article 33Care and accommodation

1

Member States shall, as far as the care and accommodation of animals is concerned, ensure that:

a

all animals are provided with accommodation, an environment, food, water and care which are appropriate to their health and well-being;

b

any restrictions on the extent to which an animal can satisfy its physiological and ethological needs are kept to a minimum;

c

the environmental conditions in which animals are bred, kept or used are checked daily;

d

arrangements are made to ensure that any defect or avoidable pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm discovered is eliminated as quickly as possible; and

e

animals are transported under appropriate conditions.

2

For the purposes of paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the care and accommodation standards set out in Annex III are applied from the dates provided for therein.

3

Member States may allow exemptions from the requirements of paragraph 1(a) or paragraph 2 for scientific, animal-welfare or animal-health reasons.