Draft law

Issuer: Saeima [Parliament]
Type: law
Adopted on: 22/09/2022
Entered into force: 17/10/2022
Published in: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 191A, 03/10/2022
OP number: 2022/191A.2
The Saeima has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following law:
‘Amendments to the Animal Protection Law’

Reg. No. 1151/Lp13

The Animal Protection Law (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs [Reporter of the Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia], 2000, No. 2; 2002, No. 2; 2003, Nos 6, 16, 2005, No. 10, 2007, No. 3; 2008, No. 3; 2009, No. 21; Latvijas Vēstnesis [the official Gazette], 2010, Nos 62, 205; 2012, No. 50; 2014, No. 123; 2017, No. 128; 2019, No. 248A) is amended as follows:

1. In Article 10(10), the words ‘fur animal farms’ are deleted.

2. Chapter II is supplemented with Article 131 to read as follows:

‘Article 131. The breeding and keeping of farmed animals shall be prohibited if the sole or main purpose of breeding or keeping is the production of fur.’

3. The transitional provisions are supplemented with Paragraph 22 to read as follows:

‘22. Article 131 hereof shall enter into force on 1 January 2028.’
Amend the Animal Protection Law (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs [Reporter of the Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia], 2000,
No. 2; 2002, No. 2; 2003, No. 6, 16; 2005, No. 10; 2007, No. 3; 2008, No. 3; 2009, No. 21;
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2010, No. 62, 205; 2012, No. 50; 2014, No. 123; 2017, No. 128; 2019,
No. 248.A) as follows:
1. In Article 10(10), the words ‘fur animal farms’ are deleted.
2. Chapter II is supplemented with Article 131 to read as follows:
"Article 13.1. The breeding and keeping of farmed animals shall be prohibited if the sole or
main purpose of breeding or keeping is the production of fur.’
3. The transitional provisions are supplemented with Paragraph 22 to read as follows:
‘22. Article 131 hereof shall enter into force on 1 January 2028.’
The law was adopted by the Saeima on 22 September 2022.
President of the Republic of Latvia E. Levits
Riga, 3 October 2022