¹ Any person holding or caring for animals shall, in an appropriate manner, feed them, take care of them, guarantee them the activity and freedom of movement necessary for their well-being and, if necessary, provide them with a deposit.

² After consulting with interested circles, the Federal Council lays down provisions on the holding of animals, in particular minimum requirements, taking into account the scientific knowledge, the experiments and the evolution of the Techniques. It prohibits forms of detention which contravene the principles of animal protection.

³ It may lay down the requirements to be met by the training and continuing education of the holders of animals and of persons who educate or provide care to animals. ¹

¹ The Federal Council may make mandatory the announcement of certain forms of detention, the announcement of the detention of certain animal species and the announcement of certain care, or subject them to authorisation. ²

² The marketing of stabulation systems and equipment of stalls made in series intended for livestock is subject to the authorization of the Confederation. Authorization is granted only if these systems and equipment meet the requirements of proper detention. The Federal Council shall determine the authorisation procedure and determine which livestock shall apply. For certain forms of detention, it may provide for derogations from the authorisation scheme.

³ Detention, for profit or private purposes, of wild animals that require special care or special conditions of detention is subject to authorisation. The importation of cetaceans is prohibited. ³

⁴ The Federal Council may make mandatory the announcement of the marketing and the announcement of the use of auxiliary means and apparatus for the training and control of animals which cause them pain, submit them to Authorization or prohibition. ⁴

Buildings and facilities for livestock which have been authorised under this Law may be used after their construction at least during the ordinary period of depreciation.

The Federal Council can determine in which sectors, apart from agriculture, the use of animal keepers is necessary.

¹ The use of natural and artificial methods of rearing and reproduction shall not cause, in the parents and in the descendants, any pain, suffering, damage or disturbance of the behaviour that would be directly related or Indirectly for the purpose of the raising; the provisions on animal testing are reserved.

² The Federal Council lays down provisions on the husbandry and production of animals and lays down the criteria for assessing the admissibility of the aims of breeding and breeding methods; in doing so, it takes account of the dignity of the animal. It may prohibit the production, production, detention, import, transit, export and marketing of animals with particular characteristics, including anomalies in their anatomy or behaviour. ¹

¹ A person who produces, raises, holds, markets or uses genetically modified animals shall hold a Cantonal authorisation. A person who produces, raises, holds or markets such animals for research, therapy or diagnostic purposes must have a cantonal authorization issued in accordance with art. 19, para. In other cases, the authorisation procedure is governed by the provisions on animal testing and by the Law of 21 March 2003 on genetic engineering ¹ .

² After consulting with interested circles, the Federal Ethics Commission for Biotechnology in the Non-Human Domain, the Federal Commission of Experts on Biological Safety and the Federal Commission for Animal Experiences, the The Federal Council lays down the criteria for the weighting of interests in the production, rearing, holding, marketing and use of genetically modified animals.

³ The Federal Council shall define the requirements to be met by the institutes carrying out the acts referred to in para. 1, second sentence, including requirements for infrastructure, personnel, monitoring and documentation.

⁴ The Federal Council may provide for derogations from the authorisation procedure or a simplification of the authorisation procedure, in particular where it is established that animals are not suffering from pain, suffering, damage or disturbance of the Behaviour that would result from production or breeding and that the dignity of the animal is taken into account.

¹ Animals to which production or breeding causes pain, evils, damage or disturbances of the behaviour, or to the dignity of which it is infringed in any other way, shall be the subject of a declaration to the authority Cantonal.

² The cantonal authority transmits the declarations to the cantonal committee for experiments on animals and, on the basis of the latter's proposal, decides on the continuation of breeding.

³ The Federal Council regulates the modalities.

¹ Professional trade in animals and the use of live animals for advertising purposes are subject to authorisation.

² The Federal Council may make the announcement of supraregional events involving animals compulsory or subject to authorisation.

¹ The Federal Council may, for reasons relating to the protection of animals, subject the import, transit and export of animals and products of animal origin to certain conditions, limit or prohibit them. ² The import of kosher meat and halal meat to ensure a sufficient supply of meat of this type to the Jewish and Muslim communities is reserved. The right to import and obtain kosher or halal meat is reserved for members of these communities and for legal persons and partnerships affiliated with them.

² The import, transit, export and trade of cat or dog skins and products made from such skins are prohibited. ³

¹ The transport of animals must be carried out with care and without unnecessary delay. The duration of the journey shall not exceed six hours from the loading site. The Federal Council shall issue the derogations.

² The Federal Council shall determine, after consulting the professional organisations, the requirements to be met by the training and in-service training of the personnel responsible for transport carried out on a professional basis.

¹ The international carriage of animals on a professional basis is subject to authorisation.

² The Federal Council may determine which international standards are applicable.

³ The transit through Switzerland of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, slaughter horses and poultry felling is only allowed by rail or by plane.

Intervention causing pain can only be performed under general or local anaesthesia by a competent person. The Federal Council shall fix the derogations. It determines which persons are considered competent. The provisions of this Law concerning animal testing shall be reserved.

Experiments that can cause animals to suffer pain, harm or damage, to put them in a state of anxiety, to significantly disturb their general condition or to harm their dignity in another way must be limited to the essential.

¹ Any person intending to carry out experiments on animals shall have the authorisation of the competent cantonal authority.

² Practices applied in the cases referred to in s. 11, para. 1, last sentence, are assimilated to experiments on animals from the point of view of procedure.

³ The competent cantonal authority shall submit applications for authorisation for experiments on animals referred to in Art. 17 to the cantonal committee for animal experiments.

⁴ The duration of validity of authorisations must be limited. Authorisations may be subject to conditions and related to charges.

⁵ Animal testing institutes and laboratories, as well as establishments that hold experimental animals, shall maintain a register of animals.

¹ The Federal Council shall lay down the requirements to be met by the institutes and laboratories authorised to carry out animal testing, the requirements for training and the continuous training of staff, and the requirements of the Establishments holding or elevating animals intended for experimentation, or by trade, must complete for an authorization.

² The Federal Council sets out the criteria for determining which experiments are indispensable within the meaning of s. 17.

³ The Federal Council may declare certain goals of unlawful experience.

⁴ In particular, experiments on animals are illegal when the pain, suffering, damage or anxiety caused to the animal is disproportionate to the expected benefit in terms of knowledge.

¹ Pain, pain, damage or anxiety can only be imposed on an animal if the purpose of the experiment cannot be achieved in any other way.

² Experiments may not be carried out on animals of a high status from the point of view of evolution only if it is not possible to achieve the intended purpose with animals of a lower rank, and insofar as there is no method of Appropriate substitution.

³ The Federal Council sets out the other requirements for carrying out the experiments.

¹ After all experiments on animals, the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (FVO) ² Publishes the following information:

A.

The title of the experiment and the field concerned;

B.

The purpose of the experiment;

C.

The number of animals of each species used;

D.

The severity of the constraint imposed on animals.

² The Federal Council may provide for the publication of other information, unless there are overriding public or private interests opposed to it.

³ It regulates the modalities, in particular the degree of detail of the information to be provided by the persons responsible for the experience. In doing so, it takes into account the overriding private or public interests that are worthy of protection.

¹ The Confederation operates an information system designed to facilitate the fulfilment of the legal tasks of the Confederation and the cantons in the field of animal testing.

² The information system contains the following personal data:

A.

Data on prosecutions and administrative and criminal sanctions;

B.

Data on authorizations and monitoring of animal experiments;

C.

Data on authorizations to operate an establishment holding animals for the purpose of testing, raising or trading them, and supervising such establishments;

D.

Data on the announcements of animal strains or strains with a disabling phenotype;

E.

Data on basic training, qualifying training and continuing education;

F.

Data necessary for the publication of the annual statistics on animal testing;

G.

Data needed to manage users and the system.

¹ The following persons may process personal data, including sensitive data and personality profiles, and access these data on-line, provided that this is necessary for the fulfilment of their legal tasks:

A.

Employees of the FSO who perform tasks within the framework of high surveillance;

B.

The staff of the cantonal authorities responsible for establishing authorisations in their field of competence;

C.

Members of the cantonal committees for animal experiments, in their field of competence;

D.

Collaborators of institutes, laboratories and establishments that hold animals for experimentation, raise or trade animals in their field of competence.

² The staff of the cantonal authorities responsible for establishing authorisations and members of the cantonal committees may consult online the data concerning the applications for authorisation filed in the other cantons and the decisions In so far as this is necessary to carry out their legal duties.

The Confederation collects emoluments from the cantons for the use of the information system. The Federal Council shall fix the amount.

The Federal Council regulates:

A.

Collaboration with the cantons;

B.

Inventory of data;

C.

Responsibilities for data processing;

D.

Access rights, including the scope of online access;

E.

The organisational and technical measures necessary to ensure the protection and security of data, in particular the conditions for online access;

F.

Archiving;

G.

Time limits for retention and cancellation.

¹ Mammals can only be slaughtered if they are stunned before being bled.

² The Federal Council may prescribe stunning for the slaughter of other animals.

³ The Federal Council specifies the methods of stunning.

⁴ The Federal Council shall, after consulting the professional organisations, lay down the requirements for the training and in-service training of slaughterhouse staff.

¹ The Federal Council shall issue the implementing provisions. It may authorize the FVO to make provisions of a technical nature. ¹

² If the law does not provide otherwise, the responsibility for enforcement lies with the cantons. The latter can regionalize the execution.

^2bis The Federal Council may oblige the cantons to inform the Confederation of the implementing measures they have taken and the results of the examinations and checks carried out by them. ²

³ The Federal Council determines the extent to which the places used for the holding of animals are to be controlled and how the execution of animal experiments should be monitored. The control of the places used for the holding of animals and the statement of data on exploitation must be coordinated with those required by the legislation on agriculture, animal diseases and foodstuffs.

⁴ The Federal Council shall regulate the training and continuing training of persons performing duties in the performance of this Law. ³

⁵ The execution of the authorisation procedure referred to in Art. 7, para. 2, monitoring the import, transit and export of animals and products of animal origin to authorised border inspection posts and monitoring the movement of animals and plants of species protected under the Convention of 3 March 1973 on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⁴ The Confederation. ⁵

The Federal Council may conclude international treaties on training, enforcement of controls and the exchange of information in the field of animal protection.

¹ Decisions rendered by the FSO may be objected to.

² The suspensive effect of the opposition may be withdrawn.

³ The opposition period is ten days.

Each canton shall establish a specialised service placed under the responsibility of the cantonal veterinarian and in order to ensure the implementation of this Law and of the provisions laid down on the basis thereof.

¹ Each canton establishes a committee for animal testing consisting of specialists, independent of the authority responsible for issuing authorisations and in which animal welfare organisations are adequately represented. Several cantons may set up a joint committee.

² The Commission reviews the applications and makes a proposal to the authority responsible for issuing the authorizations. It is called upon to participate in the control of establishments which hold animals intended for experiments and the carrying out of experiments. The cantons may entrust it with other tasks.

¹ The Federal Council establishes a committee for animal testing made up of specialists. It advises the FVO and is available to the cantons for questions of principle and controversial cases. ¹

² This commission is working with the Federal Ethics Commission for Biotechnology in the Non-Human Domain.

¹ The Federal Council may appoint commissions to organize examinations to which persons performing duties in the performance of this Act are subject.

² The commissions shall notify the results of the examinations by way of decision.

³ The Federal Council may delegate to the cantons the competence to organise examinations.

Every year, the FVO publishes a statistic of all animal experiments carried out in Switzerland. ¹ It informs the public about animal testing issues as well as changes in animal genetic engineering.

The Federal Council may enter into agreements with the cantons on objectives in certain areas relating to the implementation of this Law.

¹ The Confederation and the cantons may associate organisations and undertakings with the implementation of this Law or establish appropriate organisations for this purpose.

² They monitor the participation of these organizations and businesses. The competent authority shall define their tasks and duties in a benefit mandate. Their management and accounts shall be subject to the approval of that authority. The parliamentary control of the Confederation and the cantons is reserved.

³ The Federal Council and the cantons may authorise the organisations and undertakings authorised to charge emoluments for their activity.

The authorities responsible for the execution of this Law shall have access to premises, installations, vehicles, objects and animals; in order to do so, they shall be the organs of the judicial police.

The Federal Department of the Interior ¹ Exercises the high level of supervision of the Confederation on the execution of this Act by the cantons.

¹ Except as otherwise provided in this Law, the performance of the latter shall be exempt from emoluments.

² The cantons are authorised to collect emoluments for:

A.

Authorizations and decisions;

B.

The controls that gave rise to the dispute;

C.

Special benefits that have resulted in work exceeding the regular official activity.

³ The Federal Council sets the tariff framework for cantonal emoluments.

¹ If the execution of this Law requires the adoption of complementary cantonal provisions, the cantons are obliged to enact the necessary regulations.

² The cantons shall communicate their implementing provisions to the Federal Department of the Interior.

The Federal Act of 9 March 1978 on the Protection of Animals ¹ Is repealed.

Surgical castration of piglets without anaesthesia is prohibited from 1 ^Er January 2009. If no practicable alternative method is available at that time, the Federal Council may postpone the entry into force of this prohibition by no more than two years.

The general provisions of the federal procedure are applicable. Moreover, until the entry into force of the Act of 17 June 2005 on the Federal Administrative Tribunal ¹ , the legal remedies are settled as follows: the Board of Appeal of the Federal Department of Economy decides on appeals against decisions of the FVO.

Whatever the order in which the federal law of 16 March 2012 on protected species ² Or the amendment of June 15, 2012, of the PCPA comes into force, upon the coming into force of the second of these Acts, or upon their simultaneous entry into force, s. 27, para. 1, 31 and 32, para. 5, LPA is amended as follows:

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¹ This Law shall be subject to the referendum.

² It will be published in the Federal Worksheet if the initiative "For a modern design of animal protection (Yes to animal protection!)" is withdrawn or rejected ¹ .

³ The Federal Council shall fix the date of entry into force.