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     EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF PET ANIMALS

Objectives
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     To protect pet animals kept by a person or legal entity in any
household or in any establishment for trading, for commercial
breeding and boarding and in animal sanctuaries.

Summary of provisions
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     (a)  Parties undertake to ensure that pet animals are not
caused pain, suffering, distress or abandoned (art. 7);

     (b)  Parties undertake to encourage the development of
information and education programmes so as to promote awareness and
knowledge amongst organizations and individuals concerned with the
keeping, breeding, training, trading and boarding of pet animals of
the provisions and the principles in the Convention (art. 14);

     (c)  The Parties shall within five years from the entry into
force of the Convention and every five years thereafter, and in any
case, whenever a majority of the Parties so request, hold
multilateral consultations within the Council of Europe examine the
application of the Convention and the advisability of revising it or
extending any of its provisions (art. 15).

Membership
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     Open for signature by the member States of the Council of
Europe and subject to ratification, acceptance or approval.

     Date of adoption                  13.11.1987
     Place of adoption                 Strasbourg, France
     Date of entry into force          1. 5.1992
     Languages                         English, French
     Depositary                        Council of Europe

     Participant              Signature  Ratification  Entry into
                                                       force      
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     Belgium                 13.11.1987   20.12.1991     1. 7.1992
     Denmark                 13.11.1987                           
     Finland                  2.12.1991    2.12.1991     1. 7.1992
     Germany                 21. 6.1988   27. 5.1991     1. 5.1992
     Greece                  13.11.1987   29. 4.1992     1.11.1992
     Italy                   13.11.1987   
     Luxembourg              13.11.1987   25.10.1991     1. 5.1992
     Netherlands             13.11.1987                     
     Norway                  13.11.1987    3. 2.1988     1. 5.1992
     Portugal                13.11.1987                                  
     Sweden                  14. 3.1989   14. 3.1989     1. 5.1992
     Switzerland             13.11.1990                     
                                  
Convention Secretariat
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Council of Europe
Boite Postale 4311 R6
F-67006 Strasbourg Cedex
France
Telephone:  88 41 20 00
Telex:  870943 EUR F

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