Resolution No. 55/T of 2000 regulating the establishment of breeding and fattening farms for ostrich. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 8, 1 March 2000, 4 pp. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal reproduction Birds Animal production Poultry Authorization/permit Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract This Resolution is composed of 17 articles. The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation will issue licences for the establishment of ostrich breeding and fattening farms (art. 1). Farms shall be destined for breeding ostrich, laying eggs, chickens and fattening poultry (art. 2). Officers of the Animal Production Department, Animal Veterinary Department and other competent offices are entitled to inspect farms according to the Animal Wealth Protection Law (art. 2). Importation and exportation of ostrich, ostrich meat, and eggs and the like must be carried out after a previous licence issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (art. 8). Conditions and requirements for the revocation of licences are set out in article 9. Full text Arabic