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Table 3 Overview of deadlines in a selected number of countries

From: Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018?

Country

Year

Deadline content

Denmark

2009, 2011

Ban on surgical pig castration without analgesia, industry requirement since 2009, legal requirement since 2011

Germany

2019

Ban on surgical pig castration without anaesthesia

Netherlands

2009

Ban on surgical pig castration without anaesthesia

Norway

2002

Ban on surgical pig castration without analgesia and anaesthesia

Sweden

2016

Ban on surgical pig castration without analgesia and anaesthesia

Switzerland

2010

Ban on surgical pig castration without anaesthesia