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Animal laws at national level - Belgium
(anti-cruelty, protection and welfare)

Belgium

 

Animal Welfare Act

Code wallon du bien-être animal

Adopted in:

1986

Last modified in:

2018

 

Links:

Official original version

Flemish Region

Wet betreffende de bescherming en het welzijn der dieren

 

Links:

Original version

Brussels-Capital Region

Loi relative à la protection et au bien-être des animaux

 

Links:

Original version

Belgium civil code

Article 3.38: Les choses, naturelles ou artificielles, corporelles ou incorporelles, se distinguent des animaux. Les choses et les animaux se distinguent des personnes.

Article 3.39: Les animaux sont doués de sensibilité et ont des besoins biologiques. Les dispositions relatives aux choses corporelles s'appliquent aux animaux, dans le respect des dispositions légales et réglementaires qui les protègent et de l'ordre public.

 

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