Table 3.

Key EU animal protection regulation.

Category	EU Law
Farmed animals	Directive 98/58/EC concerns the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
	Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations
	Regulation (EC) No. 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing
	Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens
	Directive 2007/43/EC laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production
	Directive 2008/119/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves
	Directive 2008/120/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs
Companion animals	Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003
Research animals	Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
	Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency
Wild animals	The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
	The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
	Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
	Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds
	Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species