Religious Slaughtering, a Stunning Matter: Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België and Others

• Lena Hehemann ^[1]
  1. [1] Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
• Localización: European papers: a journal on law and integration, ISSN-e 2499-8249, Vol. 6, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 111-119
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België and Others (case C-336/19 ECLI:EU:C:2020:1031) the Court of Justice held that EU Member States are allowed to require, in the context of ritual slaughter, a reversible stunning procedure which cannot result in the animal’s death. According to the Court, Regulation 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing permits strict animal welfare legislation in relation to religious slaughtering. While the judgement is a welcomed step toward high animal welfare standards in the EU, in certain aspects the Court’s argumentation does not seem well thought out.