The European directive on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (Directive 98/58/EC), which provides in particular for the ban on cages for laying hens and individual stalls for sows, has generally contributed to the implementation of a common framework, according to a report published by the European Commission on 10 September.
In the report on the implementation of Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, the Commission...