Regulation of the Minister of Rural Affairs no. 69 of 2021 concerning Requirements for an expert opinion and the procedure for calculating the value of an animal, including a breeding animal.

This Regulation, established on the basis of Section 66 (4) of the Veterinary Act, defines the requirements for an expert opinion and the procedure for calculating the value of a slaughtered animal, or an animal killed or dead due to an animal disease, including a breeding animal. The Regulation prescribes that the expert opinion includes: a market analysis, with a comparison of the demand-supply ratio; an analysis and assessment of the animal's achieved production indicators, the animal's breed characteristics and the number of offspring; a description of the methodology used in calculating the value of the breeding animal; a proposal on the size of the value of the animal, pointing out the circumstances that may change the value of the animal; references to theoretical materials and data sources used in the assessment. The Regulation concerns: the procedure for calculating the accounting value of the animal, on the basis of the meat weight, multiplied by the average purchase price of the meat, for the following animals: cattle, pig, bird, sheep; and special procedure for calculating the value of a breeding animal.