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Ordinance on the set up of an expert group to combat animal epidemics.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 324, 12 August 2004, 3 pp.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Institution Pests/diseases Inspection Animal health
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 September 2004.
Abstract

The present Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Health and Women contains dispositions regulating the establishment within the said Ministry of an expert commission to combat animal epidemics. To facilitate the work of the Federal Minister they have to issue veterinary guidelines; as well as guidelines concerning sampling and diagnostic routines; to collaborate with and supervise animal epidemics simulations; to send a task-force group in case of a disease outbreak. The text consists of 8 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at