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Veterinary Law.

Country/Territory
Bulgaria
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Aquaculture Aquatic animals Fish disease Animal health Animal feed/feedstuffs Animal production Animal reproduction Animal welfare Hygiene/sanitary procedures Education Processing/handling Transport/storage Offences/penalties Data collection/reporting Research Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Authorization/permit Basic legislation Inspection Monitoring Protection of environment Public health Drugs Pests/diseases
Geographical area
Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on 1 May 2006.
Abstract

This Law regulates the social relations associated with the implementation, management and control of veterinary activities and practices (on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and introduces the related necessary legislation of the European Union and also adopts the principles brought by the World Animal Health Organization. This Law is aimed for animal health, wild animals, including fish and aquatic species in aquaculture.

Full text
Bulgarian
Website
www.parliament.bg

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Regulation on the terms and ways of cooperation between the National Veterinary Service and the Ministry of Interior.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2009

Keyword: Inspection, Institution, Animal health, Animal welfare, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 4 of July 15, 2014, on the specific requirements for the production of raw materials and foodstuffs of animal origin at slaughterhouses, their transportation and placing on the market.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2014

Keyword: Slaughtering, Meat, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Animal health, Animal production, Animal welfare, Processing/handling, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 19 of 15 May 2002 on animal health requirements for hunted game and for the production and marketing of game meat.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Processing/handling, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Game, Inspection, Internal trade, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 18 of 15 May 2002 on animal health requirements for the production and marketing of rabbit meat and farmed game meat.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Meat, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Processing/handling, Food quality control/food safety, Animal production, Inspection, Internal trade, Slaughtering, Game, Animal health, Ranching/captive breeding

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No 2 of 25 March 2019 on the control and eradication of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, porcine enteroviral encephalomyelitis (Teschen disease), dourine and equine infectious anemia.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2019

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Vaccination, Equine-animals, Cattle, Swine, Procedural matters, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 17 of 16 June 2008 on health requirements for farmed aquatic animals, their products and on the protection and control of aquatic animal diseases.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2008

Keyword: Fish products, Fish disease, Aquaculture, Aquatic animals, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Authorization/permit, Business/industry/corporations, Vaccination, Traceability/product tracing, Animal health, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 19 of 14 December 2005 on the prevention, restriction and eradication of bluetongue in ruminants.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2005

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Disinfection/disinfestation, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Monitoring, Vaccination, Data collection/reporting, Hunting/capture

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 6 of 8 October 2013 on requirements for the means of official identification of animals, conditions, order and control over the collection, introduction, maintenance and use of information in the Integrated information system of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2013

Keyword: Marking/identification, Data collection/reporting, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 60 of 9 May 2006 on the data requirements contained in the documentation for the authorization of veterinary medicinal products.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Animal health, Drugs, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting, Procedural matters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 6 of 8 October 2013 on the requirements for official identification of animals and their use, the conditions, the order and the control over the collection, introduction, maintenance and use of the information in the Integrated Information System of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2013

Keyword: Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing, Data collection/reporting, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 6 of 20 March 2007 on the conditions and order for grazing of eastern-Balkans breed pigs and their crosses.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2007

Keyword: Swine, Ranching/captive breeding, Registration, Grazing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 32 of 29 July 2004 on the conditions and procedure for issuing a permit for the production of veterinary medicinal products.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2004

Keyword: Drugs, Animal health, Authorization/permit, Procedural matters, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 61 of 9 May 2006 on the conditions and procedures for the identification of animals, registration of holdings and access to the database for identified animals and registered establishments.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Animal health, Marking/identification, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Institution, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 62 of 9 May 2006 on data requirements on the packaging and package leaflet for the use of the veterinary medicinal product.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Animal health, Drugs, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 66 of 16 May 2006 on requirements for veterinary pharmacies.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 25 of 14 December 2005 on minimum welfare requirements for laying hens.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2005

Keyword: Animal production, Animal reproduction, Animal welfare, Poultry, Registration, Ranching/captive breeding

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 16 of 3 February 2006 on protection and humane treatment in the production and use of farm animals.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal production, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Slaughtering, Data collection/reporting, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 19 of 10 February 2006 on measures for the prevention, limitation and eradication of avian influenza (flu).

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Birds, Poultry, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 18 of 10 February 2006 on health requirements for companion animals when moving and transporting them for non-commercial purposes.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Animal welfare, Transport/storage, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 20 of 10 February 2006 on the requirements for activities carried out at all stages of collection and disposal of animal by-products and products derived therefrom, as well as their use, placing on the market and transit.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Processing/handling, Classification/declassification, Waste management, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, International trade, Food quality control/food safety, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 2 of 23 February 2017 on specific requirements for the production, collection, transport and processing of raw cow's milk, the placing on the market of milk and milk products and their official controls.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2017

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Milk/dairy products, Inspection, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Internal trade, International trade, Processing/handling, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 52 of 2006 on health requirements for sheep and goats when moving or transporting them between the Republic of Bulgaria and other Member States of the European Union for determining the health status of facilities from which they originate and on additional guarantees for the health status of these facilities.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Sheep/goats, Internal trade, Slaughtering, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Classification/declassification, Certification, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 49 of 20 April 2006 on health requirements for certain animals, semen, ova and embryos in exchange between the Republic of Bulgaria and other Member States of the European Union, and on import from third countries.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006 (2015)

Keyword: Animal health, Animal reproduction, Genetic resources, Internal trade, International trade, Procedural matters, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Certification, Classification/declassification, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 64 of 16 May 2006 on terms and procedure for the submission of information on pharmacovigilance.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006 (2017)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Drugs, Animal health, MRL-maximum residue limit, Residues, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Research, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 44 of 20 April 2006 on the veterinary requirements for livestock farms.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006 (2020)

Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal welfare, Biosecurity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 65 of 16 May 2006 on requirements for the veterinary medicinal products wholesale facilities.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Drugs, Authorization/permit, Procedural matters, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance № 8 of November 5, 2020 on the terms and conditions for disinfection, disinsection, deratization and devastation in limiting and eradicating animal diseases.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2020

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Disinfection/disinfestation, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Data collection/reporting, Education, Risk assessment/management, Standards, Hazards, Inspection, International relations/cooperation, Public health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance № 4 of 23 September 2020 on the supervision and monitoring of zoonoses, their prevention, control and eradication.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2020

Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Pests/diseases, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, International relations/cooperation, Monitoring, Public health, Risk assessment/management, Toxicity/poisoning, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation № 1 of 13 January 2021 on veterinary requirements and biosecurity measures for livestock farms for fish and other aquatic organisms.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2021

Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal reproduction, Aquaculture, Aquatic animals, Biosecurity, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 69 of 2006 on the requirements for good manufacturing practice in the production of veterinary medicinal products and active substances.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006 (2014)

Keyword: Drugs, Animal health, Enforcement/compliance, Processing/handling, Inspection, International trade, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No 10 of 1 April 2015 on the conditions for registration and on the procedure for identification of bee colonies.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Apiculture/sericulture, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Marking/identification, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 29 of 15 July 2003 on animal health requirements for pig holdings.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2003

Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Swine, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 7 of 19 March 2002 on animal health requirements for slaughtered animals and for the production and marketing of fresh meat.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Meat, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Food quality control/food safety, Animal health, Slaughtering, Swine, Cattle, Equine-animals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 31 of 24 July 2002 on animal health requirements for the production and marketing of minced meat and meat preparations.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Processing/handling, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, Animal health, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 3 of 3 January 2006 on the recognition of the right to exercise the profession of veterinarian in the Republic of Bulgaria for citizens and persons that acquired veterinary medical education and/or legal capacity in one of the Member States of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2006

Keyword: Education, Procedural matters, Authorization/permit, International relations/cooperation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 30 of 2000 on the animal health and hygiene requirements for raw milk production, construction and operation of dairy establishments, production and marketing of heat-treated milk and dairy products.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2000 (2006)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Milk/dairy products, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 15 of 2002 on the animal health requirements for slaughtered poultry and the production and marketing of fresh poultry meat.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Poultry products, Meat, Internal trade, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety, Animal health, Poultry, Slaughtering, Processing/handling, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 17 of 2002 on the animal health requirements for the production and marketing of meat and other products of animal origin.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Meat, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Processing/handling, Standards, Inspection, Internal trade, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation No. 40 of 4 October 2002 on the animal health requirements for the production and marketing of egg products.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2002 (2006)

Keyword: Poultry products, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Processing/handling, Inspection, Internal trade, Food quality control/food safety, Poultry, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation № 3 of 27 January 2021 on the terms and conditions for disposal of animal by-products and products derived from them, outside of sites registered in the regional food safety directorate.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2021

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Processing/handling, Classification/declassification, Waste management, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance № 6 of 11 February 2021 on the terms and conditions for conducting postgraduate training in the field of veterinary medicine.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2021

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Education, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Law amending the Veterinary Law.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2008

Keyword: Animal health, International relations/cooperation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending the Veterinary Law.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2013

Keyword: Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending the Veterinary Law.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2011

Keyword: Animal health, Offences/penalties, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending the Veterinary Law.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Research, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending the Veterinary Law.

Legislation | Bulgaria | 2016

Keyword: Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Data collection/reporting, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX