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title: "Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes"
id: 27c88be2-dc1a-4605-9cc3-82fbd9240134
authority: eu
place: "European Union"
applies_also_from: []
kind: directive
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31998L0058
attribution: "© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/27c88be2-dc1a-4605-9cc3-82fbd9240134
text: not held
---

# Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes