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Decree-Law No. 272/2000 adopting sanitary measures to combat bovine tuberculosis and amending sanitary classification.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 258/2000 (I-A), 8 November 2000, pp. 6230-6235.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal production Cattle Pests/diseases Classification/declassification Animal health
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree-Law adopts sanitary measures to combat bovine tuberculosis and amends sanitary classification. It consists of 18 articles and 1 Annex establishing competent veterinary authority, technical regulation in order to apply the Erradication Programme for the aforementioned animal disease (PET), etc. It specifies sanitary procedures to be applied within Portuguese territory, veterinary requirements to be met in order to manage and control the aforementioned activity, etc. Sanctions for offenders are established in the text. Annex establishes tuberculosis-free bovine standards.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Implements

Decree-Law No. 157/98 regulating EEC animal production and trade of bovine and swine species.

Legislation | Portugal | 1998

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal production, Swine, Cattle, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX