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Agreement on cooperation of CIS member-states in the sphere of veterinary

Document type
Multilateral
Field of application
Date
Jul 9, 1994
Source
IUCN (ID: TRE-154412)
Language
Russian
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Inspection Animal health Transport/storage International agreement-text Pests/diseases
Geographical area
Caspian Sea, Europe, North Pacific, Central Asia, Arctic, North Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Aral Sea, Asia, North-West Pacific, Black Sea, Eastern Europe
Abstract

The Parties shall carry out cooperation in the sphere of veterinary and shall undertake necessary arrangements for the prevention of spreading infectious animal disease from the territory of one of the Parties to the other by means of transportation of all types of commodities subject to veterinary control. In their activity the Parties shall be guided by legislation, instructions, regulations and other normative acts of the former USSR for veterinary services of the Parties on condition that they do not contradict legislation of the states that have joined the present Agreement. The provisions of the International Agreement are applicable to: 1) animals of all kinds (including birds, fur-bearing animals, bees, fishes, other aquatic biodiversity, embryos and animal sperm, fecundated spawn); 2) animal products (meat and meat-based products, milk and dairy products, fish, eggs, products of apiculture); 3) raw materials of animal origin (skins, wool, fur, down, endocrine and intestinal raw materials, blood, bones and other kinds of raw materials); 4) animal feedstuffs; 5) veterinary drugs, biological materials and trophies. Veterinary institutions of the contiguous areas, for the purpose of the prevention of introduction and spreading of infectious disease on the territories of the Parties shall timely inform of the originating of infectious disease and in case of necessity shall jointly elaborate and carry out emergency arrangements for the liquidation of one or another disease in the contiguous areas.

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Countries Entry into force
Armenia -
Belarus -
Kazakhstan -
Kyrgyzstan -
Moldova, Republic of -
Russian Federation -
Tajikistan -
Turkmenistan -
Ukraine -
Uzbekistan -