35It should be noted, as a preliminary point, that it follows, first of all, from recital 1 of Regulation No 1/2005 that that regulation is based on Protocol (No 33) on protection and welfare of animals, annexed to the EC Treaty, under which the Community and the Member States, in formulating and implementing the Community’s policies on inter alia agriculture and transport, are to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals. According to the case-law, the protection of animal welfare is a legitimate objective in the public interest, the importance of which was reflected, in particular, in the adoption by the Member States of that protocol (see, to that effect, Viamex Agrar Handel and ZVK, C‑37/06 and C‑58/06, EU:C:2008:18, paragraph 22, and Nationale Raad van Dierenkwekers en Liefhebbers and Andibel, C‑219/07, EU:C:2008:353, paragraph 27). The substance of Protocol No 33 is henceforth to be found in Article 13 TFEU, which is a provision of general application of the FEU Treaty, contained in Part One thereof, setting out the ‘Principles’.
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