art_3__para_4__text_1
Codified version
Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (Codified version) · European Union
Member States shall ensure that sows and gilts are kept in groups during a period starting from four weeks after the service to one week before the expected time of farrowing. The pen where the group is kept must have sides greater than 2,8 m in length. When fewer than six individuals are kept in a group the pen where the group is kept must have sides greater than 2,4 m in length.
National law under this provision
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.