Act No. 441 of 2013 on animal diseases. Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Aquaculture Fish disease Animal health Food quality control/food safety Basic legislation Institution Pests/diseases Inspection Monitoring Registration Data collection/reporting Animal reproduction Biosecurity Animal production Vaccination Quarantine Offences/penalties Ranching/captive breeding Alien species Protection of species Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act makes provision with respect to measures to prevent and fight the occurrence and spreading of diseases affecting animals including animals living in the wild, fish and other aquatic animals. The purpose of this Act is to prevent and reduce the incidence of diseases and infections that may be transmitted from an animal to another animal or to a human being (animal disease) in order to promote animal health, protect human health, ensure food safety and secure the conditions for livestock farming. It applies to the implementation of specified European Union legislation on combating animal diseases and instruments issued pursuant to them, as far as provisions on their enforcement are not laid down under other legislation. The list of legislation implemented includes, among other things, Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules. The Act also provides with respect to control of the export of animals and animal products, the introduction of alien species and the artificial reproduction of animals. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Repeals Act No. 55 of 1980 concerning animal diseases. Legislation | Finland | 1980 (1999) Keyword: Basic legislation, Animal health, Institution, Pests/diseases, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Government Decree the health monitoring of animals and control of animal diseases in the artificial reproduction of animals (No. 838 of 2013). Legislation | Finland | 2013 Keyword: Fish disease, Data collection/reporting, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal reproduction, Classification/declassification, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decree notification of animal diseases and transmission of microbial strains (No. 1010 of 2013). Legislation | Finland | 2013 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decree on voluntary health monitoring of animals (No. 1005 of 2013). Legislation | Finland | 2013 Keyword: Fish disease, Data collection/reporting, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal reproduction, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decree on information of serious risk of animal disease in passenger traffic in the European Union (No. 1339 of 2019). Legislation | Finland | 2019 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decree on the control of rabies (No. 724 of 2014). Legislation | Finland | 2014 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal production, Disinfection/disinfestation, Inspection, Biosecurity, Vaccination, Quarantine, Public health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decree on the control of anthrax (No. 24 of 2013). Legislation | Finland | 2013 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal production, Cattle, Equine-animals, Disinfection/disinfestation, Inspection, Biosecurity Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decree on the control of brucellosis (No. 19 of 2013). Legislation | Finland | 2013 Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Pests/diseases, Ranching/captive breeding, Slaughtering, Disinfection/disinfestation, Inspection, Biosecurity, Monitoring, Quarantine Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Act No. 1240 of 2016 amending the Act on animal diseases. Legislation | Finland | 2016 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Public health, Biosecurity Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Act on animal diseases (No. 76 of 2021). Legislation | Finland | 2021 Keyword: Aquaculture, Fish disease, Animal health, Food quality control/food safety, Basic legislation, Public health, Animal production, Pests/diseases, Monitoring, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Animal reproduction, Biosecurity, Risk assessment/management, Vaccination, Quarantine, Classification/declassification, Transport/storage, International trade, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Wild fauna, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX