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President
Based on the Constitution

and as approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 15 -5-1427 A.H., 1-6-2006, my birth,

The following are issued:

Chapter I
Definitions

Article 1

The following expressions are intended to apply the provisions of this Law to the meaning of each of them:
Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
Minister: Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
International Law: Act of the International Organization for Animal Health
Animals: animals, birds, aquatic organisms, insects
Products and animal residues: products from live animals and manufactured and unprocessed slaughtered animals
Veterinary quarantine: Subjecting animals, poultry, non-poultry, and their products to veterinary health control and quarantine when necessary prior to the introduction to prevent the entry of epidemic diseases into Syrian territory.
Border crossing: Each border port is an air sea border approved for the introduction of animals, their products or their waste
The Veterinary Health Certificate is the document issued by the veterinary health authorities adopted in the country of origin, which states that live animals, their products, residues or factories exported to Syria are healthy and free of disease.
The transit country: a country that crosses its territory or temporarily stops at one of its border crossings or transit stations, objects transmitted to another importing country

Chapter II
Objectives and application

Article 2

The purpose of this Act is to:
a. Protection of livestock from communicable and non-communicable diseases and collective and parasitic parasites.
b. Participation with competent human and animal protection bodies from common diseases transmitted by animals, products and animal waste.
c. Contribution with the competent authorities to protect public health and the environment from pollution risks and degradation of ecosystems and their components.

Article 3

The Minister's decision to identify animal diseases and veterinary health procedures to combat and prevent them is determined by decision of the Minister.

Chapter III
Control the movement of animals, products and animal waste across borders

Article 4

The removal and introduction of animal, animal products and waste from and through the Syrian Arab Republic or through its territory shall be prohibited only through the veterinary health centers set to this end by decision of the Minister in agreement with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy. And trade.

Article 5

International law is the scientific reference for regulating the entry and exit of animals, products and animal waste into Syria, and the ministry has the right to take measures that it deems appropriate for the preservation of livestock and to oppose such measures with the said international law.

Article 6

a. Veterinary quarrying is established and its specifications and working system are determined by decision of the Minister.
b. The locations of these quarries shall be determined by decision of the Minister based on the proposal of the Governorate Council.

Article 7

Requires the introduction of animals, products and animal waste into the Syrian Arab Republic or through their territories as follows:
a. To be attached to a veterinary health certificate issued by the official veterinary health authorities of the country from which it is found to be in conformity with the requirements of the international veterinary health treatment adopted by the Ministry.
b. To prove that it is safe with the certified examinations carried out in the veterinary health centres, which are determined by decision of the Minister and when the required safety is established, the following immediate actions are taken:
1. Animals that do not appear to be symptomatic of mass infectious or parasitic diseases are placed under surveillance in accordance with the quarantine regulations and grant a veterinary health certificate from the Ministry's veterinarian, which has overseen the quarantine, to prove its safety.
2. A decision by the Minister shall be issued by the Minister of Veterinary Health Procedures, which shall apply to animals showing the symptoms of an infectious animal disease or a mass parasite.

Article 8

If the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic enters animals, products or animal residues other than the approved border crossings, the following shall be confiscated and shall be taken by the following veterinary health procedures:
a. Animals shall be recovered by the nearest local veterinary authority and shall apply the procedures outlined in items 1 and 2 of paragraph B of Article VII of this Law.
b. Products and animal waste prepared for human consumption should be sold in the interest of the State treasury if it enters illegally and is proven to be safe and damaged if it is not intact.
c. Products and animal residues not prepared for human or animal consumption are sold for the benefit of the State treasury if they are found to be safe and damaged if they are not intact.

Article 9

a. The owner of the animals subject to the provisions of this Act shall have the expenses of being fed, accommodated, transferred and saved during the duration of seizure or stone and the expenses of the destruction of them if they are not to be safe.
b. The owner of animal products and animal residues subject to the provisions of this Act shall have the expenses of seizure, transportation, preservation and destruction if they are proven to be non-functional.

Article 10

Taking into account the conditions set out in article VII of this Law, the passage of animals, products, animal residues and objects that may be used by the disease through the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic shall be permitted only by means of transportation that meets the health conditions determined by the Minister's decision.

Chapter IV
Preventive measures to prevent the occurrence and spread of epidemic and parasitic diseases

Article 11

The application of preventive measures is a general duty involving official stakeholders and all relevant to the ownership, upbringing, possession, nutrition or treatment of animals in accordance with the laws in force, as well as any similar link to animal products and waste.

Article 12

Prevention plans for animal epidemic and parasitic diseases and other threats to animal husbandry are organized and monitored and implemented by the ministry's veterinary technical equipment.

Article 13

Each of those related to the ownership, possession, upbringing, feeding or dealing with animals must work continuously in accordance with the guidance of the Ministry's veterinary technical bodies in the field of education, nutrition and directed care, which will lead to the preservation of the health and safety of animals and the production of their production. It shall take into account the technical health conditions issued by the technical organs contained in this article.

Article 14

The Governorate Council shall establish local plans for the application of the prevention of common diseases between humans and animals in the light of the central plan in this regard issued in coordination with the relevant stakeholders in the governorate, the Directorate of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, the Directorate of Health and the Directorate of Environmental Affairs. Competent local authorities to implement these plans.

Chapter V
Health measures taken in the emergence of epidemic animal diseases and mass parasitic
Public information

Article 15

If live animals, dead, slaughtered, slaughtered, products or residues appear in phenomena or changes indicating that there is an epidemic or a mass parasite or shows there is a suspicion of a disease in animals, the local official veterinary health services must be informed directly about these diseases. or to inform the nearest local authority and shall transmit the information promptly and in an official and direct manner to these organs.

Article 16

Prompt information is the duty of all animal owners, holders, breeders, supervisors, caregivers, or those who perform professional work related to or slaughter them, and to each professional observe the phenomena and the changes set forth in article XV of this Law.

Rule 17

The information of the veterinary health services, which have been notified:
a. Immediate and principled disclosure of the case.
b. To inform the highest local veterinarian of the results of the disclosure and the action taken and should be taken to combat the disease and prevent its spread.
c. The local veterinary authority shall inform the highest veterinary officer in the Ministry of the results of the disclosure and the action taken.

Rule 18

The administrative body shall act as soon as it is informed of the implementation of the official technical instructions required in paragraph 1 of article XVII of this Law in coordination and cooperation with the veterinary professional bodies.

Rule 19

The Department of Animal Health in the Ministry is responsible for the emergence of diseases and the actions that must be taken in response to them.

Rule 20

The owners and supervisors of the animals should provide the information and facilities necessary to carry out the task of detection and control of the infection and implement the required official veterinary directives.

Rule 21

The heads of the Syrian Arab diplomatic missions accredited abroad should inform the ministry without delay of the appearance or demise of the epidemic animal diseases and the mass parasite in those countries.

Isolation

Rule 22

Pending the initial disclosure provided for in Article XVII above, the owner of or dealing with the animals shall:
a. The isolation of infected animals or suspects.
b. Non-entry or exit of persons to and from isolated animals and their products and residues.
c. Non-insertion, removal or removal of animals, their products and residues and the tools used for their service from their isolation locations.
d. Failure to sell infected animals, suspects or cones, whether live or slaughtered.
e. Failure to destroy or dispose of animals and their products or residues in any way that was in whole or in part prior to the initial disclosure by the veterinary health services.

Diagnosis and disease verification

Rule 23

The veterinary health services, which first detected the case, carried out the diagnosis and verification of the disease scientifically based on the history of the outbreak of the disease, the clinical tests and laboratory tests necessary when necessary and to ensure access to the scientific diagnosis of the disease.

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Rule 24

The veterinary quarantine is applied in the place of illness or suspicion and the necessary technical measures are taken from isolation, sterilization, and others according to procedures established on the basis of article III of this Law.

Destruction or slaughter of animals and compensation for their owners

Rule 25

For reasons related to the protection of animal wealth or public health, animals that pose a threat to livestock or public health may be destroyed or slaughtered by the Livestock Department and determined by a decision of the Prime Minister on the proposal of the Minister:
a. Cases in which destruction or slaughter must be carried out.
b. Conditions, cases, amount and basis of compensation, and the basis for the payment of compensation.

Chapter VI
Different provisions

Rule 26

The slaughter of animals infected with infectious or parasitic animal diseases takes into account the health conditions set out by the ministry's veterinary technical bodies to ensure the preservation of livestock and public health.

Rule 27

The use of cruelty to and abuse of animals and the regulation of animal welfare, regulation and investment are prohibited by decision of the Minister.

Rule 28

The Minister shall make the necessary decision to regulate the following matters:
a. To establish and transport animals and to transport and store animal products and waste within the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic in order to preserve the health and safety of livestock from infectious and parasitic diseases and prevent the spread of such diseases;
b. Procedures necessary for the protection of livestock in coordination with the competent official bodies.
c. The methods, data and technical documents required as well as those contained in this law to verify the safety of animals and animal products.
d. The validity period of the health certificate accompanying animals, their products and their residues.
e. The rules to be followed in the seizure of animals, their products and their waste, and how to dispose of them in agreement with the competent official bodies.

Rule 29

The veterinary health certificate is awarded from the highest veterinary department in the ministry or from the agriculture and agricultural reform directorates in the governorates.

Chapter VII
Criminal supporters

Rule 30

The courts shall be promptly separated by cases brought before them on the basis of the provisions of this Act and the decisions implemented.

Rule 31

A penalty of ten to two months and a fine of 10,000 to 50,000 liras, or one of these punishments, is punishable by any person who contravenes the provisions of Article IV of this Law and reserves the animals, animal and animal substances found to be infected with one of the diseases. Pandemic and parasitic animals or were used to transport and spread these diseases until their health status is technically based on the origins of the window.

Rule 32

A penalty of ten to two months and a fine from 5000 5,000 to 10,000 Syrian pounds or one of these punishments shall be punished by any person who contravenes, neglects or obstructs preventive measures to protect the livestock from the mass infectious and parasitic diseases provided for in the articles. 10, 11, 13 of this Law as well as anyone who contravenes the provisions of Articles 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28 of this Law.

Rule 33

Any violation of articles 26 and 27 of this law shall be punishable by a fine of 10,000 to 15,000 000 Syrian pounds.

Rule 34

If another law provides a penalty for the act itself, the most severe punishment provided for in this law shall apply the most severe punishment.

Rule 35

The veterinarians, who are referred by the minister after performing their legal oath, are entitled to assets to regulate the octopus in violation of the provisions of this law, and to reserve the objects used in the violation and have the status of the judicial officer.

Chapter VIII
Final and transitional provisions

Rule 36

This Act shall be applied in a way that does not contradict the provisions of the Local Administration Act of Legislative Decree No. 15 of 1971 and its amendments.

Rule 37

The Minister shall issue decisions implementing the provisions of this Act.

Rule 38

Act No. 87 of 1979 and its amendments are repealed.

Rule 39

This Law is published in the Official Journal and operates three months after the date of its publication.
Damascus 15-5-1427 A.H., 11-6-2006, my birth

President
Bashar al-Assad

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