Law No. XCI of 1995 on animal health.

Subject

Livestock, Food & nutrition

Keyword

Processing/handling Transport/storage Certification Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal health Institution Drugs Cattle Ranching/captive breeding Animal by-products Animal feed/feedstuffs Pests/diseases Authorization/permit Internal trade Ownership Early warning system Data collection/reporting Registration Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries

Abstract

This Law provides for: (i) the keeping and marketing of animals (including wild animals); (ii) the processing, storage, utilization and marketing of products, foodstuffs of animal origin, feedstuffs; (iii) the control of contagious and infection-transmiting materials and instruments; (iv) the maintenance, examination and medical treatment of animals; (v) the production, marketing, storage and utilization of veterinary products; (vi) public animal health labs; (vii) certain activities related to pathogens of animal diseases; (viii) authorization and control of all these activities. Section II deals with the protection of animal health, providing for veterinary requisites for the keeping of animals. Provisions on veterinary, public health, animal health and environmental protection shall be observed and enforced during the transport and marketing of animals, the production, storage and marketing of foodstuffs of animal origin and other products. Obligations and rights of breeders and veterinarians are set forth in article 5. Articles 6-8 provide for measures to be taken in cases of epidemics. Annex 1 lists the diseases which should be reported to the competent authorities by the veterinarian. In case of damages caused by emergency provisions, owners of slaughtered or dead animals and of any object destroyed are entitled to compensation by the State, except for cases determined in article 8(4). The neutralization of animal carcasses and by-products is covered by articles 9-12. Article 13 deals with cattle licences. Articles 14-19 provide rules on the marketing and transport of animals. The production and testing of veterinary products requires a permit and their import, marketing and utilization in Hungary are subject to registration (articles 20-22). Section III covers administrative and management competencies of the minister, of the Ministry of Agriculture, of animal health stations as territorial organs, of veterinarians as public officers of the stations, of other institutes, of local governments and of the National Veterinary Chamber. This section also deals with measures which can be taken by authorities competent in animal health, the duties and authority of the Minister, of the Ministry and of the National Veterinary Council, the duties of the stations, of the chief veterinarian of the district, of public veterinarians and of local governments. Article 43 provides for penalties.

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References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. CXIV of 1993 on stockbreeding.

Legislation | Hungary | 1993 (2013)

Keyword: Aquaculture, Authorization/permit, Biotechnology, Basic legislation, Animal production, Animal reproduction, Ranching/captive breeding, Offences/penalties, Inspection, Special fund, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Non-governmental entity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decree No. 22 of 1996 of the Ministry of Agriculture on veterinary products.

Legislation | Hungary | 1996 (1998)

Keyword: Drugs, Authorization/permit, Registration, Internal trade, International trade, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 21 of 1996 (VII. 9.) FM of the Ministry of Agriculture on the issuing and management of cattle licences.

Legislation | Hungary | 1996 (2013)

Keyword: Cattle, Ownership, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 41 of 1997 (V. 28.) FM of the Ministry of Agriculture publishing the Animal Health Regulation.

Legislation | Hungary | 1997 (2014)

Keyword: Poultry products, Milk/dairy products, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Meat, Internal trade, International trade, Pesticides, Drugs, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Institution, Pests/diseases, MRL-maximum residue limit, Data collection/reporting, Early warning system, Transport/storage, Apiculture/sericulture, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 49 of 2002 (V. 24.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the protection against and maintenance of immunity from salmonella and avian typhoid fever.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Poultry products, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Classification/declassification, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Poultry, Animal production, Data collection/reporting, Disinfection/disinfestation, Drugs, Early warning system, Slaughtering

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 9 of 2002 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on killing, meat inspection and marketing of wild and reared game, as well as on rabbit meat inspection.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002

Keyword: Meat, Inspection, Slaughtering, Game, Processing/handling, Data collection/reporting, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Certification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 72 of 1999 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on colouring agents allowed in veterinary medicinal products.

Legislation | Hungary | 1999

Keyword: Animal health, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 44 of 2002 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the protection against the avian influenza and the Newcastle disease.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002

Keyword: Animal production, Animal health, Disinfection/disinfestation, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pests/diseases, Poultry, Quarantine, Early warning system

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 35 of 2002 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on the rules of protection against the blue tongue disease.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002

Keyword: Animal health, Certification, Early warning system, International trade, Internal trade, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Data collection/reporting, Disinfection/disinfestation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Sheep/goats, Cattle

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 23 of 2002 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on food hygiene standards of production and marketing of egg products.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002

Keyword: Poultry products, Standards, Authorization/permit, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, International trade, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 31 of 2002 (IV. 19.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on the prevention and fight against the African horse sickness.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2014)

Keyword: Pests/diseases, Early warning system, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 30 of 2002 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on the rules of reporting to the EU about certain animal diseases.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002

Keyword: Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Pests/diseases, Early warning system, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 106 of 2005 (XI. 14.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development laying down rules for the importation and transit of live ungulate animals from third countries.

Legislation | Hungary | 2005 (2013)

Keyword: Animal health, Cattle, Certification, Equine-animals, Sheep/goats, International trade, Swine, Camelids, Transport/storage, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 99 of 2002 (XI. 5.) of the Ministry FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development concerning the marking of bovine animals and the Integrated Identification and Registration System.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2012)

Keyword: Animal production, Cattle, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Marking/identification, Registration, Traceability/product tracing, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 61 of 2002 (VIII. 1.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development laying down animal health rules of reproduction and of use, import and export of reproductive materials of certain animals.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2012)

Keyword: Animal health, Animal reproduction, Internal trade, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 21 of 2002 (III. 20.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development laying down the rules of decontamination from the enzootic bovine leukosis disease.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2014)

Keyword: Animal health, Cattle, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 14 of 2003 (II. 14.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development laying down the rules of fight against the swine vesicular disease.

Legislation | Hungary | 2003 (2014)

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Slaughtering, Meat, Swine, Food quality control/food safety, Processing/handling, Treated food, Animal health, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Disinfection/disinfestation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 65 of 2002 (VIII. 9.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the protection against tuberculosis.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Animal health, Cattle, Pests/diseases, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 25 of 2002 (IV. 12.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development prohibiting the commercial release of bovine somatotrophin and other somatotrophins produced by biotechnology.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Animal health, Biotechnology, Drugs, Internal trade, International trade, Hormones/steroids, Registration, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 19 of 2002 (III. 8.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the rules of protection against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Animal health, Cattle, Pests/diseases, Data collection/reporting, Certification, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 10 of 2002 (I. 23.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on measures to monitor certain residues harmful for health in food of animal origin.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2014)

Keyword: Residues, Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Inspection, Cattle, Milk/dairy products, Fish products, Sheep/goats, Equine-animals, Game, Meat, Poultry products, Apiculture/sericulture, Aquatic animals, Drugs, Animal production, Poultry, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development No. 81 of 2002 (IX. 4.) FVM on veterinary tasks for zoonosis control.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Animal health, Governance, Data collection/reporting, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 75 of 2002 (VIII. 16.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development concerning the control of the classical swine fever.

Legislation | Hungary | 2002 (2015)

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Disinfection/disinfestation, Swine, Transport/storage, Animal health, Vaccination, Early warning system, Zoning, Game

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 98 of 2003 (VIII. 22.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development concerning the control of the African swine fever.

Legislation | Hungary | 2003 (2015)

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Disinfection/disinfestation, Swine, Transport/storage, Animal health, Vaccination, Early warning system, Zoning, Game

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development No. 23 of 2005 (III. 23.) on the foot-and-mouth disease protection.

Legislation | Hungary | 2005 (2013)

Keyword: Animal health, Disinfection/disinfestation, Early warning system, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Transport/storage, Vaccination, Slaughtering, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development No. 19 of 2005 (III. 22.) FVM laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption.

Legislation | Hungary | 2005 (2013)

Keyword: Certification, Fish products, Food quality control/food safety, Internal trade, International trade, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Poultry products, Aquatic animals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Act No. XLIII of 2000 on waste management.

Legislation | Hungary | 2000

Keyword: Waste disposal, Effluent waste water/discharge, Classification/declassification, Environmental fees/charges, Hazardous substances, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Transport/storage, International trade, Waste management, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Hazardous waste, Liability/compensation, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act No. XXVII of 1998 on biotechnology activities.

Legislation | Hungary | 1998 (2000)

Keyword: Biotechnology, Authorization/permit, Registration, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Genetically modified organism (GMO), International trade, Transport/storage, Waste management, Food quality control/food safety, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX