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Law on livestock.

Country
North Macedonia
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Law defines the: general principles and rules of the livestock breeding sector; the conditions and the manner of keeping of livestock (live animals kept in closed and/or open areas); sustainable husbandry and animal reproduction/production; ways of breeding including concrete cattle breeding programmes; the protection of genetic variability, genetic stocks and indigenous/original species; and further determining the expert tasks and public services in the field of animal husbandry/livestock production.
This Law also stipulates the rules for inspection matters, monitoring and reporting, production and trade with breeding materials and/or animals, financing provisions and several other provisions all aimed to establish a controlled, safe and sustainable livestock sector production on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia.
Animals defied as livestock by this Law are equidae, cattle, buffaloes, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, honey bees, as well as other types of animals which are economically useful.
This Law further defines the offences and consequential penalties (Chapter XI).
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/mac167661.pdf
Web site
https://mzsv.gov.mk
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Notes
Consolidated version
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Official Gazette 7/2008-122/2021
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Закон за cточарството.
Implemented by
Program for financial support in agriculture for 2022.
Program for the protection of biological diversity in animal husbandry from 2018 to 2024.
Regulation on the form and content of the application for approval of a livestock testing station.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for approval of institutions in the field of animal husbandry.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for approval of a legal entity for performing seed trade.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for approval of institutions for obtaining and transplanting embryos.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for the approval of a legal entity to trade in animal seeds.
Regulation on form and content of the application form for the approval of institutions for seed production and queen bee breeding.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for recognition of organizations of breeders by individual types of livestock.
Regulation on the form and content of the penalty payment order.
Regulation on the types of livestock and the method of using mixed seed from the same type of livestock.
Regulation on the criteria in terms of facilities, equipment and personnel that the approved institution that performs testing of the properties of individual types of livestock and the procedure and method of testing for individual types of livestock.
Regulation on the special criteria for individual species, breeds and hybrids that, according to the breeding program, are intended for breeding.
Regulation on the form, content and manner for keeping the Register of stations for testing over livestock properties.
Regulation on the special professional qualification for legal and natural persons, who are professionally qualified to perform professional supervision over individual public services.
Regulation on the form, content and manner for keeping of the Register of approved institutions for obtaining and transplanting egg cells and embryos.
Regulation on the form and content of the application for authorization to perform public services in the field of livestock production, the necessary documentation, the form and the content of the request for failure of issuance of the decision for granting authorization for performing public services in the field of livestock breeding, and on the rejection of the application for issuing the authorization for performing public services in the field of livestock breeding.
Regulation on the detailed conditions for performing particular public services regarding the implementation of measures and activities for conducting the bookkeeping, determining the genetic quality and the yield in livestock breeding.
Regulation on the methods and procedures for measuring the properties and forecasting the genetic value of livestock.
Regulation on detailed criteria regarding breeding stock, space, personnel and equipment for the production and storage of seed from livestock.
Regulation on the criteria under which livestock seed is used and marketed.
Regulation on detailed criteria for trading with seeds by other legal entities.
Regulation on form and content of the education invitation, manner of conducting the education and manner for keeping records on conducted education.
Regulation on the format and content of zootechnical documents, as well as on the manner of filling of forms for issuance of zootechnical documents.
Regulation on detailed conditions for the recognition of organizations of breeders by individual types of livestock.
Regulation on the form, content and manner of keeping the registers of approved insemination institutions and approved queen bee farms.
Regulation on detailed criteria for the cadastre of bee pastures and the beekeeping order for grazing.
Regulation on the method of cultivation and trade of bee queens intended for trade, the movement of bees and bee breeding material, as well as the size of the protected belt around the approved breeding of bee queens.
Regulation on the form, content and manner of keeping the register of recognized breeders organizations.
Regulation on the volume of genetic reserves, as well as the method and procedure of securing and maintaining the reserves.
Regulation on the method of cultivation and circulation of indigenous breeds and/or species, the form and content of the request for recognition of new indigenous breeds and/or lines and the form, content and method of keeping the register.
Regulation on the method of performing and monitoring biological diversity in animal husbandry.
Regulation on conditions for the performance of public protection service as regards the livestock biological diversity, manner of implementation and biological monitoring of genetic variability and genetic reserves.