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Decree No. 683 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the modalities of the requisitioning of sick animals, animal products and compensation of damages to legal and natural persons in case of the liquidation of the outbreaks of infectious animal diseases.

Country/Territory
Belarus
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Pests/diseases Slaughtering Animal health
Geographical area
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

In case of the outbreak of infectious diseases included in the list of the infectious animal diseases validated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food complex veterinary, sanitary, organizational and economic arrangements aimed at the prevention of infection of human beings, prevention of spreading of the diseases and the express liquidation of the consequences thereof shall be carried out. In the process of the liquidation of the outbreaks of infectious animal diseases requisitioning of sick and suspected to be sick animals and animal products obtained from them shall be carried out with the subsequent slaughtering of the aforesaid animals, annihilation, recycling or technical processing of the dead animals and animal products obtained from them with the compensation of damages inflicted to legal and natural persons by the requisitioning of animals and animal products. A report regarding requisitioning of sick animals and animal products obtained from them shall be drawn. The report shall indicate: 1) the number of sick, forcedly slaughtered and lost animals; 2) the number of requisitioned animals, age, nutritional state and weight thereof and also the weight (quantity) of the requisitioned animal products; 3) the origin of infectious disease, the cause of the forced slaughtering and loss of animals; 4) the method of annihilation and recycling of the requisitioned animals and animal products. Slaughtering, annihilation and recycling of sick animals and animal products obtained from them shall be carried out by rule by the owners of the aforesaid animals. Compensation of damages shall be carried out by decision of the district (city) executive body within the amount established by the aforesaid decision or if the sick animals were insured by the insurance company.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.kaznachey.com

References - Legislation

Implements

Veterinary Law (No. 3423-XII of 1994).

Legislation | Belarus | 1994

Keyword: Fish disease, Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety, Basic legislation, Institution, Animal welfare, Transport/storage, Pests/diseases, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Wild fauna

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Decree No. 758 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On additional measures for liquidation and prevention of spreading of African swine fever and other dangerous animal diseases.

Legislation | Belarus | 2013 (2018)

Keyword: Meat, Vending, Animal health, Swine, Pests/diseases, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Internal trade, Wild fauna, Ranching/captive breeding, Hunting/capture

Source: FAO, FAOLEX