Regional Law No. 16-z “On pedigree stockbreeding”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Bashkortostan Document type Legislation Date 1995 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal production Animal reproduction Biotechnology Genetic resources Marking/identification Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes legal grounds for pedigree stockbreeding and use of pedigree production, establishes plenary powers of State pedigree service for regulation of the aforesaid activity, and also rights and duties of natural and legal persons in the sphere of pedigree production. The scope of pedigree production shall be to ensure reproduction of pedigree livestock for breeding purposes, improvement of pedigree qualities of livestock, conservation of genetic fund of rare and endangered species useful for selection activity. State pedigree service shall perform the following tasks: (a) implementation of unified scientific and technical policy in the sphere of pedigree stockbreeding; (b) elaboration and implementation of pedigree development programs; (c) marking of pedigree livestock; (d) establishment of terms and conditions for application of selection and biotechnology methods; and (e) listing of animal species to be used for pedigree stockbreeding. Full text Russian Website docs.cntd.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 401-z amending Regional Law No. 16-z “On pedigree stockbreeding”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Animal production, Animal reproduction, Genetic resources Source: FAO, FAOLEX