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Act amending the Animal Welfare Act - ban on the culling of chicks

Notification Number:

2021/0013/D (Germany)

Date received:

12/01/2021

End of Standstill:

13/04/2021 (closed)

Draft Text:

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Final Text:

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Message 002

Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2021) 00131
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2021/0013/D

No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.

(MSG: 202100131.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2021 0013 D EN 12-01-2021 D NOTIF

2. D

3A. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Referat E B 2, 11019 Berlin,
Tel.: 0049-30-2014-6353, Fax: 0049-30-2014-5379, E-Mail: infonorm@bmwi.bund.de

3B. Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Referat 321, 53107 Bonn, FAX 0049 228 99 529 4162, TEL 0049 228 99 529 4354, E-Mail 321@bmel.bund.de

4. 2021/0013/D - C90A

5. Act amending the Animal Welfare Act - ban on the culling of chicks

6. Future ban on the culling of chicks of breeding lines geared towards laying performance.

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8. The Act amending the Animal Welfare Act includes the ban on the culling of chicks in the Animal Welfare Act. The ban also covers breeding animals and animals for reproduction. It also includes the ban on interference with a chicken egg and the termination of incubation from the seventh day of incubation onwards which are carried out during or after the application of procedures for sex determination in the egg and which cause the death of the chicken embryo.

The ban on the culling of chicks will enter into force on 1 January 2022 and the ban on interference with chicken eggs and termination of incubation will enter into force on 1 January 2024.

9. Male chicks are rejected by producers for economic reasons and are currently killed in hatcheries shortly after they hatch. Economic interest in hens specifically bred for high laying performance is not a good reason within the meaning of § 1 sentence 2 of the Animal Welfare Act for culling male chicks of these breeding lines. Practicable methods have been developed to already determine the sex of chicks before they hatch. In addition, male chicks can be reared and fattened or dual-purpose lines can be used.

It is currently regarded as certain that chicken embryos have no pain perception before the seventh day of incubation. Between the seventh and15th day of incubation the development of the ability to feel pain takes place. Therefore, the draft also contains a ban on interference with a chicken egg and termination of the incubation process from the seventh day of incubation onwards, that are carried out during or after the application of sex determination procedures and that cause the death of the chicken embryo.

10. Reference(s) to basic text(s): The Animal Welfare Act in the version published on 18 May 2006 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1206, 1313), last amended by Article 280 of the Ordinance of 19 June 2020 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328).

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tierschg/TierSchG.pdf
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification: 2012/0200/D: 2006/0231/D

11. No

12. -

13. No

14. No

15. The compliance costs are included in the file.

16. TBT aspect

No - the draft has no significant impact on international trade.

SPS aspect

No - the draft has no significant impact on international trade.

No - the draft is neither a sanitary nor phytosanitary measure

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