Act on animal health protection and fighting against infectious animal diseases.

The present Act is composed of 12 Sections and five Annexes. The Sections are the following: General provisions (sect. 1); Veterinary requirements for taking up and running controlled activities (sect. 2); Veterinary requirements for the transport of animals, non-edible products of animal origin and animal by-products (sect. 3); Veterinary requirements for the trade of animals, non-edible products of animal origin and animal by-products (sect. 4); Veterinary requirements for the transfer of domestic animals for non commercial purposes and principles of identification of these animals (sect. 4a); Veterinary requirements for non-edible products of animal origin and animal by-products introduced into the market, only on the territory of the Republic of Poland (sect. 5); Veterinary requirements for the transfer of horses (sect. 6); Veterinary requirements for the introduction of aquaculture products into the market (sect. 7); Principles of fighting against infectious animal diseases (sect. 8); Principles of the use of substances with hormonal, tyreostatic and beta-agonistic effect (sect. 9); Criminal provisions (sect. 10); Amendments to certain provisions in force, transitional and final provisions (sect. 11). Annex 2 specifies the list of animal infectious diseases which should be eradicated. Annex 3 specifies the list of infectious animal diseases which shall be registered. Annex 4 specifies the list of infectious diseases of animals for which vaccination is prohibited.