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LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of May 14, 1993 No. 4979-1

About veterinary science

(as amended on 01-09-2025)

Section I. General provisions

Article 1. Veterinary science in the Russian Federation

The veterinary science is understood as area of the scientific knowledge and practical activities directed to the prevention of diseases of animals and their treatment, release of full-fledged and safe products of animal origin in the veterinary relation and protection of the population against diseases, general for the person and animals.

The main objectives of veterinary science in the Russian Federation are:

implementation of actions according to the prevention and liquidation infectious and others (according to the list approved by the federal executive body performing functions on development of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of veterinary science (further in the text - federal executive body in the field of normative legal regulation in veterinary science) diseases of animals, including farm, domestic, zoo and other animals, fur animals, birds, fishes and bees, and implementation of regional plans of veterinary servicing of livestock production;

training of specialists in the field of veterinary science, production of medicines and technical means of veterinary appointment, and also the organization of scientific research for veterinary science problems;

the paragraph the fourth ceased to be valid compliance with the Federal Law of the Russian Federation of 18.07.2011 No. 242-FZ

protection of the territory of the Russian Federation from drift of infectious diseases of animals from foreign states;

implementation of federal state veterinary control (supervision).

Tasks in the field of veterinary science in the Russian Federation perform federal executive body in the field of normative legal regulation in veterinary science, the federal executive body exercising federal state veterinary control (supervision) (further - federal executive body in the field of veterinary supervision), its territorial authorities and the organizations, and also veterinary (veterinary and sanitary) services of federal executive bodies subordinated to it in the field of defense, in the field of internal affairs, in the field of activities of troops of national guard of the Russian Federation, in the field of execution of punishments, in the field of the state protection and in the field of safety, executive bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation in the field of veterinary science and the organizations subordinated to them, the federal executive body authorized in the field of customs affairs and specialists in the field of veterinary science, and in cases, provided by this Law, specialists in the field of zootechnics.

Article 1.1. Specialists in the field of veterinary science

1. Specialists in the field of veterinary science are the physical persons having the higher or secondary veterinary education.

2. In the field of veterinary science treat specialists:

specialists in the field of veterinary science, being authorized persons of the bodies and organizations which are a part of the system of the Public veterinary service of the Russian Federation;

specialists in the field of veterinary science, not being authorized persons of the bodies and organizations which are a part of the system of the Public veterinary service of the Russian Federation.

3. Specialists in the field of veterinary science, not being authorized persons of the bodies and organizations which are a part of the system of the Public veterinary service of the Russian Federation, engaged in business activity in the field of veterinary science, shall be registered in the executive body of the subject of the Russian Federation authorized in the field of veterinary science.

4. The specialists in the field of veterinary science performing pharmaceutical activities are subject to accreditation.

5. Accreditation of the specialist in the field of veterinary science performing pharmaceutical activities is carried out according to the procedure, established by the Government of the Russian Federation, at least once in five years.

6. Information on the specialist who underwent accreditation in the field of veterinary science performing pharmaceutical activities is entered into the Federal state information system in the field of veterinary science.

Article 2. Normative legal regulation in veterinary science

The veterinary legislation of the Russian Federation consists of this Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, the laws and other regulatory legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation accepted according to it.

The veterinary legislation of the Russian Federation governs the relations in the field of veterinary science for the purpose of protection of animals against diseases, release of safe products of animal origin in the veterinary relation and protection of the population against diseases, general for the person and animals.

Article 2.1. Veterinary rules (rule of veterinary science)

1. Veterinary rules (rule of veterinary science) (further - veterinary rules) are the regulatory legal acts establishing obligatory for execution by physical persons and legal entities of the requirement during the implementing of preventive, diagnostic, medical, restrictive and other actions, establishment and cancellation in the territory of the Russian Federation of quarantine and other restrictions directed to prevention of distribution and liquidation of the centers of infectious and other diseases of animals in case of execution of veterinary accompanying documents, appointment and conducting veterinary and sanitary examination, implementation of actions for ensuring veterinary safety concerning catch of water biological resources and products made from them when marking and accounting animals, when carrying out regionalization, epizootic zoning, determination of the zoosanitary status, cultivation, cultivation, content, movement (including transportation and stage) and slaughter of animals, production, movement, storage of forages and feed additives, collection, storage, movement, utilization and destruction of biological waste (further - the address with biological waste), including criteria of their reference to categories of biological waste, to nature, form, content and provision of information on these types of activity, and also the rights and obligations of public authorities of the Russian Federation, subjects of the Russian Federation, the organizations subordinated to them in the field of activity specified in this Article determine.

2. Develops veterinary rules and approves federal executive body in the field of normative legal regulation in veterinary science.

3. The veterinary rules containing provisions which have cross-industry value, or providing joint activities of federal executive bodies are subject to approval in coordination with the interested federal executive bodies.

3.1. Establishment and assessment of application of the mandatory requirements containing in veterinary rules are performed according to the Federal Law of July 31, 2020 No. 247-FZ "About mandatory requirements in the Russian Federation".

4. Powers of public authorities, local government bodies cannot be fixed by veterinary rules, to be established obligations of physical persons and legal entities to get permissions, accreditations, certifications, the conclusions and other acts of public authorities or local government bodies, organizations subordinated to them, and also requirements about the direction of notifications or other information in the specified bodies and the organizations, except as specified, provided by this Federal Law cannot be established.

Article 2.2. Veterinary rules of implementation of preventive, diagnostic, medical, restrictive and other actions, establishments and cancellations in the territory of the Russian Federation quarantine and other restrictions directed to prevention of distribution and liquidation of the centers of infectious and other diseases of animals

1. Veterinary rules of implementation of preventive, diagnostic, medical, restrictive and other actions, establishments and cancellations of quarantine and other restrictions directed to prevention of distribution and liquidation of the centers of infectious and other diseases of animals establish requirements to implementation of preventive, diagnostic, medical, restrictive and other actions, establishment and cancellation, obligatory for execution, in the territory of the Russian Federation of quarantine and other restrictions directed to prevention of distribution and liquidation of the centers of infectious and other diseases of animals, to the organization and holding actions for liquidation of diseases of animals, prevention of their origin and distribution in the territory of the Russian Federation, to delimitation of the territory to which the mode of restrictive actions and (or) quarantine, including regarding determination of focus of the disease of animals shall extend, implementation of epizootic zoning, including determination of types of zones for the purpose of differentiation of the restrictions set by the decision on introduction of the mode of restrictive actions and (or) quarantine, the restrictions of production, conversion, movement, storage and sales of goods which are subject to veterinary control (supervision) (further - controlled goods), and requirements to features of application of such restrictions depending on disease of animals in connection with which the regime of restrictive actions and (or) quarantine, including to holding actions concerning the production facilities which are in quarantine zone is introduced.

2. Veterinary rules of implementation of preventive, diagnostic, medical, restrictive and other actions, establishments and cancellations in the territory of the Russian Federation of quarantine and other restrictions directed to prevention of distribution and liquidation of the centers of infectious and other diseases of animals affirm by separate diseases of animals.

Article 2.3. Veterinary rules of the organization of work on execution of veterinary accompanying documents

Veterinary rules of the organization of work on execution of veterinary accompanying documents are developed for the purpose of ensuring veterinary and sanitary safety of controlled goods, confirmation of wellbeing on infectious diseases of the animal territories and production sites of controlled goods, including diseases, general for the person and animals, and ensuring traceability of controlled goods in case of their production, movement, realization or voluntary conveyance and establishes forms and procedure for execution of veterinary accompanying documents, except for forms and the procedure for registration established according to international treaties of the Russian Federation.

Article 2.4. Veterinary rules of content of animals

Veterinary rules of content of animals establish requirements to conditions of keeping of animals (except for the wild animals who are in condition of natural freedom including the animals belonging to natural resources of the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation), and also requirements to implementation of actions for karantinirovaniye of animals, obligatory preventive actions and diagnostic testings of animals. Veterinary rules of content of animals affirm in relation to separate animal species and the purposes of their content.

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