Animal Protection Act Amendment Act

Summary

The initiators of the bill consider it necessary to legalize the end of caged chickens and present the bill so that the process does not stop and we unequivocally reach changes that will end the suffering of caged chickens. The bill makes two substantive changes to the Animal Protection Act. First, the law changes the requirements to ensure the welfare of hens kept for egg production. The bill proposes to ban the production of edible eggs from January 1, 2035 keeping chickens kept for the purpose, including chicks and young chickens (hereinafter referred to as laying hens) in a cage. In addition, the draft stipulates that starting from January 1, 2027, if the farmer starts keeping laying hens, he may not build or use a cage to keep them. Therefore, the company engaged in the production of edible eggs must build and equip the production system to be put into use from 2027 in such a way that it has it is possible to keep laying hens cage-free.

Machine translation from Estonian. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

1. 19 February 2026

   I_LUGEMINE_LOPETATUD

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• Seletuskiri

  docx · ET · 20 April 2026

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• Eelnõu

  docx · ET · 20 April 2026

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• Seletuskiri docx

  docx · ET · 19 February 2026

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• Seletuskiri pdf

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Sponsors

• Urmas Kruuse · plenary-member
• Tiit Maran · Tiit Maran · Initiator
• Anti Allas · Anti Allas · Initiator
• Kalev Stoicescu · Kalev Stoicescu · Initiator
• Tanel Kiik · Tanel Kiik · Initiator
• Ester Karuse · Ester Karuse · Initiator
• Madis Kallas · Madis Kallas · Initiator
• Riina Sikkut · Riina Sikkut · Initiator
• Jaak Aab · Jaak Aab · Initiator
• Heljo Pikhof · Heljo Pikhof · Initiator
• Raimond Kaljulaid · Raimond Kaljulaid · Initiator
• Züleyxa Izmailova · Züleyxa Izmailova · Initiator
• Reili Rand · Reili Rand · Initiator
• Lauri Läänemets · Lauri Läänemets · Initiator
• Jaak Valge · Jaak Valge · Initiator
• Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart · Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart · Initiator
• Andrei Korobeinik · Andrei Korobeinik · Initiator
• Helmen Kütt · Helmen Kütt · Initiator
• Enn Eesmaa · Enn Eesmaa · Initiator

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