Directive No. Z/38 of 2003 on the compensations for slaughtered and destroyed animals. Country/Territory Jordan Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal health Institution Pests/diseases Slaughtering Subsidy/incentive Geographical area Asia, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Red Sea & Gulf of Aden, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Directive enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract This Directive is composed of 10 articles. Article 1 deal with terms and definitions. This Directive shall be applied to contagious and epidemic diseases (art. 2). Owners of slaughtered or destroyed animals due to contagious diseases have the right in compensations according to the annual tariff of animals (art. 3). Article 4 defines the list of animals which should be compensated (bovines, buffalos, camels, pigs, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys, mules and domestic birds. No compensation shall be paid for animals incompatible with the provisions of Agriculture Law No. 44 of 2002 (arts. 5 and 6). The Minister of Agriculture shall establish a committee formed from a veterinary surgeon, agrarian engineer and representative of the Ministry of Finance with the competence to lay an annual tariff for animals (art. 9). The aforementioned Committee shall fix the compensation before slaughtering or destroying animals (art. 10). Full text Arabic Website www.moa.gov.jo