When disease prevention and control measures are carried out in accordance with this Regulation, their effect on animal welfare, understood in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), should be considered in order to spare the animals concerned any avoidable pain, distress or suffering.
Má dhéantar bearta coisctheacha agus rialaithe galar i gcomhréir leis an Rialachán seo, ba cheart a dtionchar ar leas ainmhithe, mar a thuigtear é i bhfianaise Airteagal 13 den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh (CFAE), a chur san áireamh d'fhonn na hainmhithe lena mbaineann a spáráil ó phian, ó anacair nó ó fhulaingt nach gá.