Veterinary Act. Country/Territory Slovenia Document type Legislation Date 1994 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal feed/feedstuffs Animal health Animal welfare Pests/diseases Education Inspection Public health Risk assessment/management Drugs Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This text entered into force on 1 January 1995. Abstract This Law sets basic veterinary related rules and determines the necessary mechanisms as for the performance of veterinary medicine. This Law closely defines animal infectious diseases, prescribes measures for their prevention, suppression and eradication as well as veterinary sanitary prevention, determines the minimum mandatory scope of animal protection against infectious diseases and the method of its financing, regulates the veterinary service, its organization, provision and implementation, rights and obligations of state bodies and inspection supervision performed by the veterinary inspection. Veterinary medicine is aimed at: protecting and improving the health of animals; protecting animal health from infectious and other diseases; identifying, diagnosing and treating sick animals; providing measures to protect the population from zoonoses by preventing and suppressing these diseases in animals and preventing the transmission of these diseases to humans; ensuring the hygienic adequacy of raw materials and foods of animal origin and taking care of the hygienic adequacy of food, feed and water for watering animals that is not under the supervision of the health service (water for watering); ensuring the smooth reproduction of animals from the point of view of animal health care; protecting and improving the environment and hygienic conditions and determining the suitability of the animal environment from the point of view of animal health care; veterinary education and training of animal owners and the population; protecting animals from torture and take care of animal well-being. Full text Slovenian Website www.pisrs.si References - Legislation Implemented by Regulation on the veterinary-sanitary inspection and control of food production establishments, the veterinary-sanitary checks and the conditions for good health standards for foodstuffs and raw materials of animal origin. Legislation | Slovenia | 1999 (2004) Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Processing/handling, Inspection, Public health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Animal welfare, Pests/diseases, Toxicity/poisoning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Instruction on measures for the identification, prevention and suppression of certain infectious diseases in fish. Legislation | Slovenia | 1999 (2004) Keyword: Aquaculture, Data collection/reporting, Early warning system, Fish disease, Inspection, Procedural matters, Processing/handling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Veterinary Act. Legislation | Slovenia | 2001 (2018) Keyword: Aquatic animals, Fish disease, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Drugs, Vaccination, Animal welfare, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Veterinary Act. Legislation | Slovenia | 2001 (2018) Keyword: Aquatic animals, Fish disease, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Drugs, Vaccination, Animal welfare, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX