Regulation No. 1298 on quality standard for wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus).

The objective of the present Regulation is to contribute to the management of wild reindeer and the various wild reindeer areas in a way that complies with international obligations and achieves national objectives concerning safeguarding of viable populations within their natural distribution areas. The quality standards provides guidance for government management in all matters affecting wild reindeer and shall provide the authorities with the best possible basis for managing populations and habitats, and the factors that affect them. The quality standard establishes threshold values for determining good, moderate, and poor quality on wild reindeer in wild reindeer areas, based on the sub-standards of population status, forage conditions, habitat, and human impact, as specified in Annexes I, II, III, and IV. The goal is to maintain or achieve at least moderate quality for each wild reindeer area as soon as possible, and, in the longer term, to achieve good quality for all wild reindeer areas.